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Decadence Quotes

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.

Paul Verlaine
Empires, Ends, Decadence

To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence.

Gilbert K. Chesterton
Definitions, Decadence

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

Aristotle
Storytelling, Results, Decadence

Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.

Rita Mae Brown
Style, Propaganda, Decadence
Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.83, Bantam

Decadence is wonderful.

Jack L. Chalker
Wonderful, Decadence

The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Cyril Connolly
Civilization, Next, Decadence
1944 The Unquiet Grave, pt.2.

Progress of mankind is the decadence of humanity.

Siddharth Katragadda
Humanity, Progress, Decadence
"The Other Wife: A Novel in Verse". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2003.

I love chess, but it's the height of decadence.

Jennifer Shahade
Chess, Height, Decadence

Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.

Jane Fonda
Roots, Culture, Decadence

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

Christopher Hampton
Class, Decadence, Substitutes
Christopher Hampton (2014). “Christopher Hampton Plays 1: Total Eclipse; The Philanthropist; Savages; Treats”, p.120, Faber & Faber

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

Jesse Metcalfe
World, Fame, Decadence
"Jesse Metcalfe's Addiction Battle". More! Magazine Interview, www.contactmusic.com. February 02, 2013.

Elaborate burial customs are a sure sign of decadence.

J. G. Ballard
Decadence, Burial, Customs
J. G. Ballard (2001). “The complete short stories”, Fourth Estate

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late.

Wilfrid Sheed
Doe, Too Late, Decadence
Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word and other words”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom.

Terence McKenna
Decadence

Religion is the biggest influence on the intellect and the decadence of a people.

Siddharth Katragadda
People, Influence, Decadence
"Dark Rooms: A Saga". Book by Siddharth Katragadda, 2002.

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