When I came to America, there was a lot of decadence in New York in the early '70s because the city was bankrupt and you could do whatever you want!
The American system is a beautiful and durable thing, but flawed. I would like to think that this decadence is not sustainable, whether in the eyes of the electorate or the eyes of whatever the local economy is built on; that would bring me hope.
I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.
The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
I've always been drawn to the Edwardian period in England. To me, it seems like such a fascinating time, when the British Empire was at the height of its powers and the strict mores of the Victorian age were dissipating into the decadence of King Edward's reign.
What we now have is the freedom which attends decadence, or the decadence which attends freedom.
Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.
Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.