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Quote by Aldous Huxley
It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness an

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are one. In the morning, when they commit their discovery to paper, when others read it written there, it looks wholly ridiculous. – Aldous Huxley

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Modern mans besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances the verdict of his intellect to that of his immediate intuitions. – Aldous Huxley

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or a platform even the most conscientious of speakers finds it very difficult to tell the whole truth. – Aldous Huxley

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The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly. – James Baldwin

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I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty… in every form. – Joan Crawford

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In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it. – Fritz Todt

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I have girls who are concerned about how they look compared to models or what have you. Its my responsibility to teach them that beauty is more than superficial. – Martina McBride

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