Quote by Aldous Huxley
The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in

The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist. – Aldous Huxley

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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. – Aldous Huxley

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If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay, the arts would perish with their starving practitioners — let us thank heaven for hypocrisy. – Aldous Huxley

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If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne

Private reproof is the best grave for private faults. – Proverb

People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. – Norman Douglas

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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