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Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Aldous Huxley

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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Hard
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