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

Quote by DH Lawrence

Topics: Funerals Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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 profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

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...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

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...

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like...

And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

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,...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much...

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...

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

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...

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...