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• The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
  -- 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...
• What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
  -- Henry Havelock Elli...
• Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life? -- Havelock Elli
• Imagination is a poor substitute for experience. Havelock Elli
• Heroes exterminate each other for the sake of people who are not heroes. -- Havelock Elli
• The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness. -- Havelock Elli
• To be a leader of men one must turn one's back on men. -- Havelock Elli
• The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
  -- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), "Little Essays of Love and Virtue", 1922...