DECADENCE

Definition of Decadence:
Moral decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

Synonyms of Decadence:
Dissipation, degeneracy, debauchery, corruption, depravity, perversion, immorality, etc

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Love in fellowship

How do you know when your own life verges on decadence?
When the force of form becomes more important that the force of substance.

When etiquette and morals become more important than understanding and righteousness. When procedure becomes more important than creativity.

When gratifying your lust becomes more important than giving to others. When patriotism becomes more important than measured governing and enlightened treatment of other nations.

When the act of eating becomes more important than considerations of nutrition.
When the opera becomes more important than helping the poor and homeless.

When one’s own comfort becomes more important than the suffering of loves ones.
When ambition becomes more important than benevolence.

When prestige becomes more important than charity.
When the academy becomes more important than the streets.

When loud expression becomes more important than listening to others.
When outrageousness becomes more important than communication.

When connoisseurship becomes more important than simple acts.
When style becomes more important than function.

When books become more important than teachers.
When expediency becomes more important than the elderly. –Daily Tao | More…