Pessimism Quote by John Bagot Glubb

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…

— Henry Fairlie

It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Decadence is an elusive concept, resistant to concise definition. In the broadest sense one might explain it as a delight in or preoccupation with…

— David J. Bell

“In my opinion, the present symptoms of decadence are explained by the fact that the development of industry and machinery has made the struggle…

— Albert Einstein

“Decadence begins with the loss of restraint.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison

“Decadence begins when the budget to beautify a man's home exceeds the coin spent to ensure its defense.”

— Mark Lawrence

“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.”

— Herman Bavinck

I don't see decadence really as what you do, because I don't do much at all that is decadent in my life. But I…

— Marianne Faithfull

When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.

— Aristotle

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they…

— Ernest Hemingway

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance.

— Robert Silverberg