How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here they hold… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind. — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
“Degenerates are not always criminals, anarchists, and pronounced lunatics; They are often authors and artists.” — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here they hold jubilant peace… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward and upward: Herzl; the… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
[H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
By the end of the 20th Century there will be a generation to whom it will not be injurious to read a dozen quire… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
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