Quote by Aldous Huxley
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is 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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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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Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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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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From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history. – Marco Rubio

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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell

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Human history in essence is the history of ideas. – H. G. Wells

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It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. – Gertrude Stein

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I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying theres nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. Theres a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of. – Hugh Leonard

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My flag is raised high today. For others to see, sure. But more so to find which way my wind is blowing. Almost time to chart a course. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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I think religion is often very different from spirituality. Religion is often about rules and people trying to control our lives who are actually very unspiritual… God can be found anywhere, and in fact, everywhere. And you don – Darren Aronofsky

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