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The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.
Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.
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The business of a seer is to see and if he involves himself in the kind of God-eclipsing activities which make seeing impossible, he betrays the trust which his fellows have tacitly placed in him.
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Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being.
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There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provocation.
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Blood of the world, time staunchless flows The wound is mortal and is mine.
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