Tag: D. H. Lawrence
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I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
D. H. Lawrence
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
D. H. Lawrence
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It’s bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
D. H. Lawrence
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Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art – or almost the only stuff.
D. H. Lawrence
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The true artist doesn’t substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
D. H. Lawrence
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A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one’s religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.
D. H. Lawrence
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The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
D. H. Lawrence
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
D. H. Lawrence
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People always make war when they say they love peace.
D. H. Lawrence
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I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
D. H. Lawrence