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Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Godalming
Surrey
Aldous Leonard Huxley
Hell
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Roofed
Walled
Furnished
Paved
Intentions
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