Carolina QuotesTo travel is to discover that everyone is wrong.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
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Part II: Malaya
- work
- Jesting Pilate (1926)
- year
- 1926
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“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong.” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-0DDF51389F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/0ddf51389f
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