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1 " There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. "
― H. Havelock Ellis
2 " Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex. "
3 " All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. "
4 " Every society has the criminals that it deserves. "
5 " A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. "
― H. Havelock Ellis , The Dance of Life
6 " Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. "
7 " All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. "
8 " It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great. "
9 " When we read certain portions of “Leaves of Grass” we seem to see a vast phalanx of Great Companions passing for ever along the cosmic roads, stalwart Pioneers of the Universe. There are superb young men, athletic girls, splendid and savage old men—for the weak seem to have perished by the roadside. "
10 " Had there been a lunatic asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus Christ would infallibly have been shut up in it at the outset of his public career. That interview with Satan on the pinnacle of the Temple would alone have damned him, and everything that happened after could but have confirmed the diagnosis. "
― H. Havelock Ellis , Impressions and Comments
11 " Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. "
― H. Havelock Ellis , Woman and the New Race
12 " Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life? "
13 " The absence of a flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. "
14 " Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm. "
15 " The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. "
16 " When love is suppressed hate takes its place. "
17 " And it is in his own image, let us remember, that Man creates God. "
18 " All civilisation has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution. "
19 " The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. "
20 " Heroes exterminate each other for the benefit of people who are not heroes. "
