The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of...

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of...

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...

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it...

Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it...

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great...

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

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

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

There is no bad day that cant be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet....

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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...

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

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...

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 something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

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

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...

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

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...

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then...

If I could be a bird, I'd be a Flying Purple People Eater because then...

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.