"Morality which is based on ideas, or on……" — D. H. Lawrence
"Morality which is based on ideas, or on an ideal, is an unmitigated evil."
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441 Quotes by D. H. Lawrence
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She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and…
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And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning…
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will…
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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Never trust the teller, trust the tale.
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Another head - and a black alpaca jacket and a serviette this time - to tell us coffee is ready.…
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But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out…
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Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the…
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And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets…
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They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most…
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That which one cannot experience in daily life is not true for oneself.
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Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.
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