Henry Havelock Ellis List of quotes page 1

Quotes by Henry Havelock Ellis

"Imagination is a poor substitute for experience."

"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human h"

By Henry Havelock Ellis

"What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command."

By Henry Havelock Ellis

"Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from"

By Henry Havelock Ellis

"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum."

By Henry Havelock Ellis

"Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life"

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"Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy."

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"The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does just as his virtue"

"Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind."

"Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last."

"What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee."

"Very little is needed to make a happy life."

"Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought."

"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."