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

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Aldous Huxley Quotes

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at...

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at...

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in...

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in...

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with...

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,...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his...

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

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

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

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...

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...

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

If human beings were shown what they're really like, they'd either kill one another as...

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time...

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time...

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...

Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and...