Facts are ventriloquists’ dummies. Sitting on a wise man’s knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Time Must Have A Stop [Bruno Rotini] (1944)

 
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