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> [Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/only-man-is-not-content-to-leave-things-as-they-are-but-must-always/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

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## More by Elspeth Huxley

> [“What sorts of sin?" Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/what-sorts-of-sin-any-sort-when-other-people-commit-them-you-are/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/the-great-point-about-money-was-to-convert-it-as-quickly-as-possible/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [“Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/tilly-was-downcast-as-with-all-perfectionists-it-was-the-detail/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/english-tradition-debars-from-dinner-table-conversation-almost-all/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [“...that's the way to tell a true story from a made-up one. A made-up story always has a neat and tidy end. But true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/that-s-the-way-to-tell-a-true-story-from-a-made-up-one-a-made-up/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [Africa is a cruel country; it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no one minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/africa-is-a-cruel-country-it-takes-your-heart-and-grinds-it-into/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/you-cannot-sell-a-blemished-apple-in-the-supermarket-but-you-can-sell/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [The pioneer kills what he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/the-pioneer-kills-what-he-loves/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/africa-is-cruel-it-takes-your-heart-and-grinds-it-into-powdered-stone/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/the-beatties-were-always-arguing-it-gave-them-an-interest-in-life/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/dogs-may-be-divided-into-two-classes-those-who-are-merely-afraid-of/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [“this was a moment of magic revealing to us all, for a few moments, a hidden world of grace and wonder beyond the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/this-was-a-moment-of-magic-revealing-to-us-all-for-a-few-moments-a/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/only-man-is-not-content-to-leave-things-as-they-are-but-must-always/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [ They \[zebras\] looked like highly varnished animated toys. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/they-zebras-looked-like-highly-varnished-animated-toys/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

> [One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elspeth-huxley/one-of-the-stock-sydney-jokes-is-of-the-census-taker-who-enquires-how/)

[Elspeth Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elspeth-huxley/)

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