“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”
— Aldous Huxley
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A democracy which makes or even effectively
“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”
— Aldous Huxley
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After silence, that which comes nearest to
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The charm of history and its enigmatic
“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Every man who knows how to read
“Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Thought must be divided against itself before
“Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Experience teaches only the teachable.
“Experience teaches only the teachable.”
— Aldous Huxley
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We are all geniuses up to the
“We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.”
— Aldous Huxley
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That men do not learn very much
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Category: history
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Idealism is the noble toga that political
“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The finest works of art are precious,
“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.”
— Aldous Huxley
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