Importance Quote by Aldous Huxley

“Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.” quote by Aldous Huxley — Download Open image

“Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.”

Aldous Huxley

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