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Quote by Aldous Huxley
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view,

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects… totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations. – 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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