The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasure…

Aldous Huxley
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The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. ✨ Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2000). Complete Essays: 1920-1925, Ivan R Dee
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