Aldous Huxley

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy; at a comedy we only look.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is very high; in reality, very low.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.