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The larvae! The scent of young blood entices and draws them closer. There's no need to venture into antiquity to evoke the shades of the dead. — Jean Lorrain

When I came to America, there was a lot of decadence in New York in the early '70s because the city was bankrupt and you could do whatever you want! — Maripol

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves. — Dorothy Parker

In this age of decadence that we live in, people's minds are twisted and only words are loved but not preactial deeds. — Renee Ahdieh

I swallowed him down like liquid decadence and begged for more. — Shawna Grace

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

American society is the only one which has passed directly from barbarism into decadence without once knowing civilisation. — Albert Jay Nock

the wretched practices of the Republic endured: corruption, decadence, the lust for prestige. — John Jackson Miller

For a decadent like Baudelaire the only possible ends are suicide or the foot of the cross — Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly

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

Every civilization is a fruit from the sturdy tree of barbarism, and falls at the greatest distance from its trunk. — Will Durant

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. — Oscar Wilde

Basic insight regarding the nature of decadence: it's supposed causes are its consequences. — Friedrich Nietzsche

let myself luxuriate in the decadence of being with Jamison. — Olivia Chase

One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance. — Robert Silverberg

Apathy is just a lack of energy, which to me, is just the literal definition of decadence. So the energy gives out in a society - that is decadence. — Gore Vidal

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

Progress of mankind is the decadence of humanity. — Siddharth Katragadda

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

The decadent artist markets other people's pain — Jennifer Birkett

Decadence begins when the budget to beautify a man's home exceeds the coin spent to ensure its defense. — Mark Lawrence

Theirs is a civilization of deprivation; ours of finely balanced satisfaction ever teetering on the brink of excess. — Iain M. Banks

I'll drink your champagne. I'll drink every drop of it, I don't care if it kills me. — F Scott Fitzgerald

to have to combat one's instincts - that is the formula for decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness and instinct are one. — Friedrich Nietzsche

This kind of detail impressed me. It suggested a whole life of marvelous, elaborate decadence that attracted me like a magnet. — Sylvia Plath

The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence. — Simone Weil

To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

The pleasure of being a scoundrel can be adequately savored in silence. — Remy De Gourmont

Apathy is just lack of energy, which to me, is just the literal definition of decadence. — Anonymous

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. — Mae West

The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence. — Juan Goytisolo

To have humanism we must first be convinced of our humanity. As we move further into decadence this becomes more difficult. — Thomas Pynchon

Poverty is bad,
but so is decadence.
Tyranny is bad,
but so is chaos.
Injustice is bad,
but so is godlessness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay. — Mason Cooley

The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

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

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

Elaborate burial customs are a sure sign of decadence. — J.G. Ballard

I absolutely believe that when one goes on vacation, it should be pure decadence. — Crystal Renn

Decadence begins when men no longer find within themselves a reason to relate their lives to that of others and not when material resources run short. — Anonymous

Although he had always been a gentleman till then, he had 'caught his century', a disease impossible to analyze but by this simple phrase. — Rachilde

In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic. — Will Durant

Depravity and decadence are two sides of the same coin. — Manoj Vaz

To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct. — Friedrich Nietzsche

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence. — Raymond Chandler

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence. — Paul Verlaine

The corruption of morals is a consequence of decadence (weakness of the will, need for strong stimuli). — Friedrich Nietzsche

Decadence is wonderful. — Jack L. Chalker

Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence - call it what you will - is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness. — Matthew Flinders

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. — John O'Hara

Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful. — Yves Saint-Laurent

The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic. — David Sarnoff

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful! — Mae West

Limited means often constitute the charm and force of primitive painting. Extension, on the contrary, leads the arts to decadence. — Georges Braque

Give people the power of the gods, and they'll eventually run down like wind-up toys for lack of reasons to go on. — Karl Schroeder

I think God hands over to His apprentices the moulding of vessels that don't interest Him.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") — Bernard Capes

By living a life "against nature," the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction. — Asti Hustvedt

You will find very exquisite flowers sometime even on a dust-heap, as well as where humanity grows thickest and rankest. — Hume Nisbet

The entire empire has sunk into a quagmire of extravagance from which they cannot extricate themselves. — Liu Cixin

Bully the jade, and she will love you.
("The Accursed Cordonnier") — Bernard Capes

Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating. — Fernando Pessoa

You shut up. I'm older and I'm not going to stay at your palace of decadence and deviance.
Brody to Erin. — Lauren Dane

I am an idea in an era that has no more of them. — Jean Lorrain

The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. — Cyril Connolly

Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence. — Rita Mae Brown

We revel in the laxness of the path we take. — Charles Baudelaire

I was performing my ritual of sipping tea, shooting flirtatious glances and planning murder — Mingmei Yip

Oh, my dear, how too marvelous! I've longed all my life to eat a flamingo. — Compton Mackenzie

Will you have me, though I come to you corrupt? My armor tarnished with sin and decadence. — Nicole Jordan

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

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer — Alfred De Musset

You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day. — Talib Kweli