It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't...

So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't...

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...