Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

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

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

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.

One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

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...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

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...