The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. View quotes by Thomas Hobbes
What a sweet reverence is that when a young man deems his mistress a little more than mortal and almost chides himself for longing to bring her close to his heart View quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex. View quotes by Havelock Ellis
