Quotation by

Aldous Huxley

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.
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The quotation describes how men sometimes experience a moment of perfect clarity and unity between truth, goodness, and beauty during the evening. However, when they try to express this insight in writing the next day, it often appears foolish or absurd to themselves and others.

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