Henry Havelock Ellis

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"Imagination is a poor substitute for experience."	Experience, Imagination
"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands."	Men
"What we call 'morals' is simply blind obedience to words of command."	Death, Men
"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."	Art, Beauty, Life
"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum."	Miscellaneous
"Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?"	Dreams, Life, Sleeping
"Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy."	Age, Genius, Men

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