It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great. -Havelock Ellis

 

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.


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This quote is just one of 18 total Havelock Ellis quotes in our collection. Havelock Ellis is known for saying 'It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

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308

When love is suppressed hate takes its place.

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280
What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. -Havelock Ellis
260

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

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258

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.

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241
Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself. -Havelock Ellis
239

The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw.

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221