The proper study of mankind is books.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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 only completely consistent people are the dead.

The only completely consistent people are the dead.

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease...

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and...

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams,...

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

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

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities

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...

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...

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.

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...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the...

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...

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...

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.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's...

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...

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century...

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century...

Our history sings of centuries Such varying songs it sings! It starts with winds, slow...

Our history sings of centuries Such varying songs it sings! It starts with winds, slow...