“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Category: life
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Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable
“Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Category: money
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Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under
“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”
— Havelock Ellis
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The sun, the moon and the stars
“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Category: nature
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Pain and death are part of life.
“Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.”
— Havelock Ellis
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It is on our failures that we
“It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Men who know themselves are no longer
“Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.”
— Havelock Ellis
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All the art of living lies in
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Every artist writes his own autobiography.
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.”
— Havelock Ellis
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A sublime faith in human imbecility has
“A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray.”
— Havelock Ellis
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I always seem to have a vague
“I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.”
— Havelock Ellis
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Category: happiness
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