Civilized men arrived in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
Greek is the embodiment of the fluent speech that runs or soars, the speech of a people which could not help giving winged feet… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
All arguments are meaningless until we gain personal experience. One must win one's own place in the spiritual world painfully and alone. There is… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
However well organised the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
Dancing and building are the two primary and essential arts. The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that expressthemselves… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find in themselves, men have concluded that there are none… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
The husband - by primitive instinct partly, certainly by ancient tradition - regards himself as the active partner in matters of love and his… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
“All civilisation has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.” — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection which thus exists conflicts… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
Sexual pleasure, wisely used and not abused, may prove the stimulus and liberator of our finest and most exalted activities. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share
