De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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How orderly philosophical is the landscape, are all the inhabitants of this World! It is...

How orderly philosophical is the landscape, are all the inhabitants of this World! It is...

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most...

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and...

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions; it's walled and roofed with them. Yes, and...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one,...

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one,...

A competent portraitist knows how to imply the profile in the full face.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion...

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion...

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise;...

At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise;...

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing...

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters...

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters...