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> [“To pore over the literary shortcomings of twenty years ago, to attempt to patch a faulty work into the perfection it missed on its first execution, to spend one's middle age in trying to mend the artistic sins committed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/to-pore-over-the-literary-shortcomings-of-twenty-years-ago-to-attempt/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

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## More by Huxley, Aldous

> [“... the Helmholtz of daily life who forgot and forgave, not the Helmholtz of a half-gramme holiday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/the-helmholtz-of-daily-life-who-forgot-and-forgave-not-the-helmholtz/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“Why don't you make everybody an Alpha Double Plus while you're about it?" Mustapha Mond laughed. "Because we have no wish to have our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/why-don-t-you-make-everybody-an-alpha-double-plus-while-you-re-about/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“It was the sort of idea that might easily decondition the more unsettled minds among the higher castes—make them lose their faith in happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/it-was-the-sort-of-idea-that-might-easily-decondition-the-more/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“Till at last the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child's mind. And not the child's mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/till-at-last-the-child-s-mind-is-these-suggestions-and-the-sum-of-the/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“To pore over the literary shortcomings of twenty years ago, to attempt to patch a faulty work into the perfection it missed on its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/to-pore-over-the-literary-shortcomings-of-twenty-years-ago-to-attempt/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“That's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/that-s-the-price-we-have-to-pay-for-stability-you-ve-got-to-choose/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/and-if-ever-by-some-unlucky-chance-anything-unpleasant-should-somehow/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

> [“Awful? They don't find it so. On the contrary, they like it. It's light, it's childishly simple. No strain on the mind or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huxley-aldous/awful-they-don-t-find-it-so-on-the-contrary-they-like-it-it-s-light/)

[Huxley, Aldous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huxley-aldous/)

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