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

Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of...

Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of...

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.

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.

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...

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

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...

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...

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.

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 only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

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...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

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...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel...

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

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

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

From age to age, nothing changes, and yet everything ..... is completely different.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing...

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing...

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory,...

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

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