Quote by Aldous Huxley
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that whi

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

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The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. – Aldous Huxley

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Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. – Aldous Huxley

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Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work. – Aldous Huxley

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Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up. – Author Unknown

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If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James Baldwin

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Tiger father begets tiger son. – Chinese Proverb

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No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace – in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons. – Croesus of Lydia

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