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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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Pain and death are a part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself. – 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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Charm – which means the power to effect work without employing brute force – is indispensable to women. Charm is a womans strength just as strength is a mans charm. – Havelock Ellis

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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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My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. – Henry Rollins

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Optimists are nostalgic about the future. – Chicago Tribune

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If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man. – Albert Camus

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