Decadence Quote by John Wyndham

Filled with rapture, his soul yearned for freedom, space, vastness. Over him the heavenly dome, full of quiet, shining stars, hung boundlessly. From the…

— Anonymous

A day, a livelong day, is not one thing but many. It changes not only in growing light toward zenith and decline again, but…

— John Steinbeck

“Aspire higher to attain excellence in whatever you do. But be careful when you reach the peak, where the only way is the way…

— Israelmore Ayivor

In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite…

— Les Dawson

The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to…

— Carl Jung

Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence.

— William John Locke

Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.]

— Fernando Pessoa

Each man is always in the middle of the surface of the earth and under the zenith of his own hemisphere, and over the…

— Leonardo da Vinci

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with UFOs in particular, and the paranormal. I grew up in the '90s, which is when…

— Alex Hirsch

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

— Andre Leon Talley

I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever…

— William Shakespeare

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all…

— Charles Caleb Colton