Quote by Aldous Huxley
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienc

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. – Aldous Huxley

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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. – 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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great
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If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats. – Aldous Huxley

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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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Theres a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. – Maya Angelou

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Truth

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both. – Horace Mann

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A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesnt work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth – having an object outside of our personal point of view. – Nate Silver

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A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman. – Wallace Stevens, Opus Posthumous, 1957

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Gods forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility and I do. – Jim Bakker

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Patience is the key to paradise. – Proverb

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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology. – David Hilbert

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