Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

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

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

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

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...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it...

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what...

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what...

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

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,...

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their...

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...

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has...

In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has...

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.