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Quote by Havelock Ellis
The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum.

The place where optimism flourishes most is in the lunatic asylum. – Havelock Ellis

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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis

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In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. – Havelock Ellis

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Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant — the digitalis of failure. – Elbert Hubbard

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. – Walt Disney

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Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among them. – Emile Durkheim

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