Aldous Huxley

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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The proper study of mankind is books. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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