One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Cheating Quotes, Patriotism Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul...

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul...

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

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...

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything

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

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

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind....

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...

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which...

The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which...

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their...

It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their...

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.

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

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

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

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.