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Quote by Aldous Huxley
Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and t

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. – Aldous Huxley

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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley

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Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom. – Aldous Huxley

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise — that which is common to you, me, and everybody. – Thomas Earnest Hulme, Speculations, 1923

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I do not mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is an language I do not understand. – Sir Edward Appleton

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I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy. – Bern Williams

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Lymph, v.: to walk with a lisp. – From a Washington Post reader submission word contest

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I believe Ive always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldnt do something because I was a girl. – Anne Hathaway

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He that does good to another does good also to himself. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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