A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age,...

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your...

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible...

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible...

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;...

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate,...

Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate,...

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...

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...

Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice

Happiness or unhappiness is often a matter of choice