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

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

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

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

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

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...

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

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...

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.

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person...

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most...

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

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...

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

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.