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

Quote by Aldous Huxley

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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

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

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

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

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...

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

Hell isn't merely paved with good intentions, it is walled and roofed with them

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual...

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;...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give...

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...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.

Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.