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• LUNATIC ASYLUM: The place where optimism most flourishes.
• Lunatic Asylum: The place where optimism most flourishes.
• Lunatic Asylum, n.: The place where optimism most flourishes.
• What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.
  -- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), "The Dance of Life", 1923...
• The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.
  -- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), "The Dance of Life", 1923...
• Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life? -- Havelock Elli
• Imagination is a poor substitute for experience. Havelock Elli
• I cannot here avoid giving my most decided sufferage in favour of the moral qualities of maniacs.
  I have no where met, excepting in romances, with fonder husbands, more affectionate parents, more impassioned ....