Quotes About Decadence

The West: a sweet-smelling rottenness, a perfumed corpse.

L'Occident : une pourriture qui sent bon, un cadavre parfumé.

Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

Desserts are the rich sweetness that makes the mundane chore of obtaining sustenance bearable.

After eating chocolate you feel godlike, as though you can conquer enemies, lead armies, entice lovers.

Moderation, honey, in all things but love and chocolate. That's my motto.

Disdain of the reserves was augmented by the new doctrine of the offensive which, it was felt, could only be properly inculcated in active troops. To perform the irresistible onslaught of the attaque brusquée, symbolized by the bayonet charge, the essential quality was élan, and élan could not be expected of men settled in civilian life with family responsibilities. Reserves mixed with active troops would create "armies of decadence," incapable of the will to conquer.

Life's too short. Start with Dessert!

Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.

The millennial generation in the US is the first that has reduced expectations from those of their parents. And I think there is something decadent and declinist about that.

I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.

You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day.

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

I built the most exclusive and decadent high-profile club for powerful men.

But the trouble is that conscious futility is something only for the young. One cannot go on despairing of life in to a ripe old age. One cannot go on being decadent, since decadence means falling and one can only said to be falling if one is going to reach the bottom reasonably soon. Sooner or later one is obliged to adopt a positive attitude toward life and society.

Was it he who had shacked up with the two Martini women, the mother with the plastered face and the daughter with the callipygian figure? … Was it he who had immersed himself blissfully in the crapulous laziness of the Liberty Bar? …

Less is more, unless it's love or chocolate.

Each kiss was like biting into the richest darkest chocolate and pausing to savour the taste.

The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions.

New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of sin.

There have been rich meat and bloody wine. There have been brandies, and thick puddings. There has already been some dirty talk. Selina is in high spirits, and as for me, I'm a gurgling wizard of calorific excess.

Le mauvais gout mène au crime.

Le mauvais goût méne au crime[

He is drunk at least 22 hours of every 24 and never without one or two whores in company.")