Fifty per cent of the Consolations of Philosophy in seven words. And the other fifty per cent can be expressed in six: Brother, when you’re dead, you’re dead. Or if you prefer, you can make it seven: Brother, when you’re dead, you’re not dead.
Aldous Huxley, The Genius and the Goddess
Tongue-in-cheek and delivered through one of his fictional characters, but clever 🙂
One reply on “Huxley on the Consolations of Philosophy”
I like the quote, of course, but the photo is astounding!