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To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.

“To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human.” — Aldous Huxley, “Spinoza’s Worm,” Do What You Will

Author YahooeyPosted on April 8, 2013July 15, 2018Categories QuotationsTags admission, Aldous Huxley, aspirations, cowardly, human, judgment, Spinoza’s Worm, successful, superhuman, witLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” — Aldous Huxley, “A Case of Voluntary Ignorance.” Esquire. October 1956

Author YahooeyPosted on December 21, 2012December 27, 2018Categories QuotationsTags Aldous Huxley, history, learn from history, lessonsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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'The trouble with fiction,' said John Rivers, 'is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.'

“’The trouble with fiction,’ said John Rivers, ‘is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.’” — Aldous Huxley, The Genius and the Goddess

Author YahooeyPosted on October 17, 2012February 1, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Aldous Huxley, fiction, make sense, reality, sensicalLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

“Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.” — Aldous Huxley, Do What You Will

Author YahooeyPosted on August 9, 2012March 27, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Aldous Huxley, body, change, consistency, mindLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” — Aldous Huxley, Proper Studies

Author YahooeyPosted on June 21, 2012April 21, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Aldous Huxley, facts, ignorance, Proper Studies, truth3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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