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

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Truth Quotes

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about...

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about...

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

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

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.

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

Happiness is like coke something you get as a by-product in the process of making...

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.

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent...

The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent...

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...

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what...

From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what...

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one...

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise...

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise...

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.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses....

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.