Aldous Huxley - Great is truth, but still grea...

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.

Aldous Huxley

English Novelist

Born: Jul 26, 1894

Died: Nov 22, 1963

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