Debauchery Quotes

35 quotes by 31 authors

Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery. — Joseph Wood Krutch
I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing… — D. H. Lawrence
Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a… — John Herschel
The gross debaucheries and atrocious cruelties are covered with a resplendent mental veil because of the systematic exposition of the philosophic principles in all fields… — Iwan Bloch
Sex, greed, debauchery - I love it. Brian Azzarello is brilliant. — Joseph Finder
Is O used by RenÃ© and Sir Stephen, or does she in fact use them, and...all those irons and chains and obligatory debauchery, to fulfill… — Anne Desclos
Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until Story of O no woman… — Anne Desclos
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity. — Edmond de Goncourt
To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery. — Nicole Brossard
I gathered poets around me and we all wrote beautiful erotica. As we were condemned to focus only on sensuality, we had violent explosions of… — Anais Nin
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil togetherness,… — Soren Kierkegaard
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Speed is not neutral. Fast living used to mean a life of debauchery; now it just means fast, but the consequences are even more serious.… — Mike Yaconelli
He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of the other kind… — George Orwell
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. — Errol Flynn
8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with… — Sue Townsend
True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers… — Albert Camus
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, itâ€™s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector
I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?â€ â€œIâ€™ve always been a stick-in-the-mud.â€ Her brother cast her a thin smile. â€œI just hid… — Sabrina Jeffries
Women beg me for it, and not the other way around." "Then you should go to one of them." "Oh, I will. When we return… — Lisa Kleypas

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