That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Aldous Huxley
The author of the Iliad is either Homer …
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.
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The charm of history and its enigmatic l…
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.
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The finest works of art are precious, am…
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 subltly and feel nobly.
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The older dictators fell because they co…
The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles and mysteries. Nor did they posses a really effective system of mind-manipulation. Under a scientific dictator, education will rea
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The secret of genius is to carry the spi…
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
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The thin and precarious crust of decency…
The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface.
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The vast majority of human beings dislik…
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even dread all notions with which they are not familiar. Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have always been devided as fools and madmen.
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There’s only one corner of the universe …
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
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We are long before we are convinced that…
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
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