It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.
Havelock Ellis Quotations
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What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life
The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.
The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.
Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.
The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum.
What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command.
The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.
Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.
Imagination is a poor substitute for experience.
Jealousy - that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.
Jealousy: that Dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.
What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.