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Quotes from Little Essays of Love and Virtue — Havelock Ellis

1859–1939 England

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The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

Conquer the demon of jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

The byproduct is sometimes more valuable than the product.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities...A life is beautiful and ideal, or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue (1922)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Havelock Ellis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.