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Maxioms by Havelock Ellis

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So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war read more

So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.

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...aesthetic values are changed under the influence of sexual emotion; from the lover's point of view many things are beautiful read more

...aesthetic values are changed under the influence of sexual emotion; from the lover's point of view many things are beautiful which are unbeautiful from the point of view of him who is not a lover, and the greater the degree to which the lover is swayed by his passion the greater the extent to which his normal aesthetic standard is liable to be modified.

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There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.

by Havelock Ellis Found in: Achievement Quotes,
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Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

by Havelock Ellis Found in: Autobiography Quotes,
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To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men.

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