"Decadence is wonderful." — Jack L. Chalker

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• I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large… — Alexis de Tocqueville
• For this remains as I have already pointed out the essential difference between the two religions of decadence : Buddhism… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that… — 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… — 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… — Paul Verlaine
• In a 'wheat and tares' world, how unusually blessed faithful members are to have the precious and constant gift of… — Neal A. Maxwell
• As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure.… — Emil Nolde
• I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and… — Edward R. Murrow
• We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers… — Che Guevara
• The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns… — Juan Goytisolo

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