Poole, Mary Pettibone -- A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, “Excess Prophets” (1938)

Dave — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:39:17 +0000

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote some one who is.

Mary Pettibone Poole (fl. 1930s) American aphorist
A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, “Excess Prophets” (1938)
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Huxley, Aldous -- Eyeless in Gaza, ch. 17 (1922)

Dave — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:19:52 +0000

One of the greatest attractions of patriotism — it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. Sweet and decorous to murder, lie, torture for the sake of the fatherland.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Eyeless in Gaza, ch. 17 (1922)
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WIST Quotations

Poole, Mary Pettibone -- A Glass Eye at a Keyhole, “Excess Prophets” (1938)

Huxley, Aldous -- Eyeless in Gaza, ch. 17 (1922)