God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

Quote by DH Lawrence

Topics: Change Quotes, Society Quotes, Vanity Quotes

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

God is only a great imaginative experience.

God is only a great imaginative experience.

For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the...

For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the...

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark...

This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark...

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not...