What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes hav…

Aldous Huxley
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What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books
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What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1933). Retrospect: an omnibus of Aldous Huxley's books

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