The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right. (Aldous Huxley)

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

Aldous Huxley

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