Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising. ✨ Aldous…

Aldous Huxley
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Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
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The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1932). Rotunda: a selection from the works of Aldous Huxley
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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul. ✨ Point Counter Point (1928) ch. 13

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world

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