Aldous Huxley's Quote - Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienc

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

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One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, whats more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. – Aldous Huxley

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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley

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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. – Aldous Huxley

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