My brothers and sister and I were brought up in an atmosphere which I would describe as 'Puritan decadence'. Puritanism names the… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
“Our way would seem quite familiar to the Romans, more by far than the Greek way. Socrates in the Symposium, when Alcibiades… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Bully the jade, and she will love you. ("The Accursed Cordonnier")” — Bernard Capes Copy Share Image
“Those very superficial sensualists and profligates who lead the dance of Latin decadence have not seen, among their dancing girls and their… — Josephin Peladan Copy Share Image
“In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the criminal delight of decadent art. The watcher who records the… — Jennifer Birkett Copy Share Image
“By living a life “against nature,” the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction.” — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“(visions) of strange cities, of sandy plains, of gigantic ruins, of midnight skies with strange bright constellations, of mountain-passes, of grassy nooks… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
It does if you put yourself out there being a pirate. It's like if you have an army and your army sit… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
I certainly do not lament the decadence of knight errantry, nor wish to exchange the protection of the laws for that of… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
Religion is the biggest influence on the intellect and the decadence of a people. — Siddharth Katragadda Copy Share Image
Just as the body has its progress and decadence, so also has the mind, and, therefore, the mind is not the soul,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Hidden away behind the closed doors of aristocratic and bourgeois privilege, concealed under those ultra-respectable masks of black frock coat and veil,… — Jennifer Birkett Copy Share Image
Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before. — Jesse Metcalfe Copy Share Image
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world… — Fran Kranz Copy Share Image
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The habit is now confirmed in me of spending the greater part of the day in sleep, while by night I wander… — M.P. Shiel Copy Share Image
“March 1898 What a strange dream I had last night! I wandered in the warm streets of a port, in the low… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
“I know that [civilized men] do nothing but boast incessantly of the peace and repose they enjoy in their chains.... But when… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power,… — T. D. Allman Copy Share Image
“The conventional use of words and of narrative structure is deliberately subverted in decadent fiction; language deviates from the established norms in… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Let the beggar speak for himself. He's in earnest. Haven't we been bred on the principle of self-sacrifice, till we've come to… — Bernard Capes Copy Share Image
“This Sarah Perez had the most beautiful eyes in the world, those green eyes spangled with gold that you love so much:… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
