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David Herbert Lawrence Quotes

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
David Herbert Lawrence

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: English
Born: September 11, 1885
Died: March 2, 1930

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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
David Herbert Lawrence

Only in a novel are all things given full play.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
David Herbert Lawrence

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

People always make war when they say they love peace.
David Herbert Lawrence

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

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
David Herbert Lawrence

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