Aldous Huxley
“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.”
“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.”
“There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.”
“To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence.”
“I find nothing more depressing than optimism.”
“I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.”
“Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.”
“Every failure is a step to success.”
“I don’t really trust a sane person.”
“Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.”
“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.”