“Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Europe is so well gardened that it
“Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Your True traveller finds boredom rather agreeable
“Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.”
— Aldous Huxley
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Men do not learn much from the
“Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The secret of genius is to carry
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The worst enemy of life, freedom and
“The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.”
— Aldous Huxley
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What is absurd and monstrous about war
“What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.”
— Aldous Huxley
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The most shocking fact about war is
“The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own.”
— 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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Dream in a pragmatic way.
“Dream in a pragmatic way.”
— Aldous Huxley
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To his dog, every man is Napoleon;
“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
— Aldous Huxley
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