--- title: "1 Lovely Old Quotes By DH Lawrence" description: "1 Lovely Old quotes by DH Lawrence. Plus more from DH Lawrence and more Lovely Old sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg" --- > [It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe fulfillment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-full-of-the-peace-that-comes/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg) ## More by DH Lawrence > [And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come over me, like a hood Upon my mind! his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/and-down-his-mouth-comes-to-my-mouth-and-down-his-bright-dark-eyes/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/evil-what-is-evil-there-is-only-one-evil-to-deny-life/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/the-true-artist-doesn-t-substitute-immorality-for-morality-on-the/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe fulfillment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-full-of-the-peace-that-comes/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [“The young man, perched insecurely in the slen­der branches, rocked till he felt slightly drunk, reached down the boughs, where the scarlet beady cherries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/the-young-man-perched-insecurely-in-the-slen-der-branches-rocked-till/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/one-sheds-one-s-sicknesses-in-books-repeats-and-presents-again-one-s/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [All people dream, but no equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/all-people-dream-but-no-equally-those-who-dream-by-night-in-the-dusty/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is that in the long run she is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/the-chief-thing-about-a-woman-who-is-much-of-a-woman-is-that-in-the/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit down without one of the gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/temperance-eat-and-carouse-with-bacchus-or-munch-dry-bread-with-jesus/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [“Any woman who doesn't have a little bit of whore in her is pretty much a dried up stick.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/any-woman-who-doesn-t-have-a-little-bit-of-whore-in-her-is-pretty/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [“In the inner dark she saw a handsome bay horse with his clean ears pricked like daggers from his naked head as he swung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/in-the-inner-dark-she-saw-a-handsome-bay-horse-with-his-clean-ears/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. Now he would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/it-was-cold-and-he-was-coughing-a-fine-cold-draught-blew-over-the/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [“You, if you were sensible, When I tell you the stars flash signals, each one dreadful, You would not turn and answer me The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/you-if-you-were-sensible-when-i-tell-you-the-stars-flash-signals-each/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and travel. It is rather feeble. From sleep you wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/in-the-ancient-recipe-the-three-antidotes-for-dullness-or-boredom-are-2/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) > [It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/it-s-all-this-cold-hearted-fucking-that-is-death-and-idiocy/) [DH Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dh-lawrence/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovely-old/dh-lawrence/#itemlist", "name": "1 Lovely Old Quotes By DH Lawrence", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe fulfillment", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "DH Lawrence" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dh-lawrence/it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-full-of-the-peace-that-comes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe…” — DH Lawrence", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovely-old/dh-lawrence/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovely-old/dh-lawrence/", "name": "Lovely Old Quotes by DH Lawrence", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lovely-old/dh-lawrence/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/dh-lawrence-22185_fulfilment_it-ought-to-be-lovely-to-be-old-to-be-fu_637245.jpg" }, "description": "1 Lovely Old quotes by DH Lawrence. 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