Quotes About Decadence

IMMORALITY. The morality of those who are having a better time.

The better a pie tastes, the worse it is for you.

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.

Live fast, eat junk, leave a bloated corpse.

It is in the schoolroom that socialists and anarchists are found nowadays, and that the way is being paved for the approaching period of decadence for the Latin Peoples.

Oscar sat back and looked at me appraisingly. "I need to think. And to think I must have oysters and champagne.

foie gras and caviar tureens. About

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.

man can not live on chocolate .... but women can

Cheesecake and cookies is something I can't stay away from.

It was the heart of any true moment of decadence: the knowledge that an epoque is already slipping from us, inexorably, even in the moment of its glory.

It was the heart of any true moment of decadence: the knowledge that an époque is already slipping from us, inexorably, even in the moment of its glory.

lobster salad and champagne were the only things a woman should ever be seen eating.

My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.

I'm obsessed with the 1920s, everything from the style to the lifestyle. It was a really cool era.

I do not condemn the cult of pleasure; I lament the general vulgarity.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

le mauvais goût mène au crime (Thaddeus Sholto)

voluptuaries

For the Europeans there really is a peace dividend, because we provide the peace. They can afford social democracy without the capacity to defend themselves because they can always depend on the United States. So why not us as well? Because what for Europe is decadence--decline, in both comfort and relative safety--is for us mere denial. Europe can eat, drink and be merry for America protects her. But for America it's different. If we choose the life of ease, who stands guard for us?

Happiness is a piece of fudge caught on the first bounce.

Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

Come to the Dark Side. We have chocolate.