The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.
Havelock Ellis Impressions and Comments (1914)
Categories: beauty

The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place.
Havelock Ellis The Dance of Life
Categories: civilization

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
Havelock Ellis
Categories: optimism

What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
Havelock Ellis
Categories: progress