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That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary time

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. – Aldous Huxley

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Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. – Aldous Huxley

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Civilization
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Aldous Huxley
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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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Reform, Correction
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Aldous Huxley
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Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. – Ambrose Bierce

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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. – Plato

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Men are what their mothers made them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. – Daniel Webster

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