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Quote by Aldous Huxley
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. – Aldous Huxley

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Politics
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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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Religion
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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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Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. – Lion Feuchtwanger

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With copious evidence ranging from Platos haughtiness to Beethovens tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. – Stephen Jay Gould

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History

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good. – Anita Roddick

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History

A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards. – Karl Kraus, translated from German by Harry Zohn

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