Quotes about Decadence
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
— Ezekiel 23:41
We would never allow child sacrifice, which is one of the sure manifestations of a totally reprobate civilization. Really?
— Terry James
It is dull, Son of Adam, to drink without eating, " said the Queen presently. "What would you like best to eat?""Turkish Delight, please, your Majesty, " said Edmund.
— CS Lewis
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
— Oscar Wilde
Vice does not lose its character by becoming fashionable.
— John Wesley
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
— Oscar Wilde
The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn't make it right!
— Billy Graham
Remove prostitutes from human affairs, and you will destroy everything with lust.
— St. Augustine
It has always been a mark of decaying civilizations to become obsessed with sex. When people lose their way, their purpose, their will, and their goals, as well as their faith . . . they go "a whoring." It is a form of diversion that requires no thought, no character, and no restraint.
— Billy Graham
I adore dark chocolate.
— Diane von Furstenberg
When a man does wrong, he should do all the wrong he can; it is madness to stop half-way in crime!
— Victor Hugo
Frontline love. It is our one hope for breaking down barriers and for restoring the sense of community, of caring for one another, that our decadent, impersonalized culture has sucked out of us.
— Charles Colson