Aristotle
Philosopher
"When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence."
Decadence quotes
Decadence
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer, Journalist
"To be wrong, and to be carefully wrong, that is the definition of decadence."
Rita Mae Brown
Author, Activist
"Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence."
Terence McKenna
Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
"What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom."
Explore further
Topics related to Decadence
Browse quotes that often appear alongside decadence — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.