Every society has the criminals that it deserves.

H. Havelock Ellis
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More Quotes By H. Havelock Ellis
  1. There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

  2. Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.

  3. ‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

  4. Every society has the criminals that it deserves.

  5. Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

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