H. Havelock Ellis

Quotes by H. Havelock Ellis

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Physician, eugenicist, writer, and social reformer · British · 1859–1939

British physician, eugenicist, writer, and social reformer (1859–1939)

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“Every society has the criminals that it deserves.”

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”

“‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. ”

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

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“There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
peace war

“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
letting-go life living

“Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
sex

“Every society has the criminals that it deserves.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
criminology justice prison-reform punishment

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. ”
— H. Havelock Ellis
jealousy

“‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
letting-go life living

“Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.”
— H. Havelock Ellis
jealousy