The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator.

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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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...

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;...

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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 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...

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...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

I can sympathise with people's pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something curiously...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second...

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are...

It was one of those evenings when men feel that truth, goodness and beauty are...

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened...

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof - that's a drink that only the most hardened...

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.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark...

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

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

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...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time...

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets...

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets...

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.

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...