Decadence Quotes

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I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions… — Alexis de Tocqueville
For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism promises nothing, but actually fulfils;… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like… — Truman Capote
An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. — Raymond Chandler
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
I am the Empire at the end of the decadence. — Paul Verlaine
I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
In a 'wheat and tares' world, how unusually blessed faithful members are to have the precious and constant gift of the Holy Ghost with reminders… — Neal A. Maxwell
As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually… — Emil Nolde
I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage. Our history will… — Edward R. Murrow
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war.… — Che Guevara
The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence. — Juan Goytisolo
It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities, and almost anyone who comes… — Victor Davis Hanson
The desire to build a risk-free society has always been a sign of decadence. It has meant that the nation has given up, that it… — Henry Fairlie
Fascism was an explosion against intolerable conditions, against remediable wrongs which the old world failed to remedy. It was a movement to secure national renaissance… — Oswald Mosley
The horse is, like man, the most beautiful and the most miserable of creatures, only, in the case of man, it is vice or property… — Rosa Bonheur
Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples that they do… — Barbara Tuchman
Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence,… — Barney Rosset
Just as the body has its progress and decadence, so also has the mind, and, therefore, the mind is not the soul, because the soul… — Swami Vivekananda
Let's acknowledge that America's increasing decadence is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. When we tolerate trash on television, permit pornography to invade our… — Charles Colson

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