The proper study of mankind is books.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

Topics: Books Quotes, Mankind Quotes

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

People are much too solemn about things - I'm all for sticking pins into Episcopal...

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

No man ever dared to manifest his boredom so insolently as does a Siamese tomcat...

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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...

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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....

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them...

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...

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...

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's Hell.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

People travel for the same reason they collect works of art: because the best people...

People travel for the same reason they collect works of art: because the best people...

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

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

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

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.