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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to D. H. Lawrence?
→ Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.
→ Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
→ In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe all to all men.
→ A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
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Pick the quote attributed to D. H. Lawrence.
→ The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
→ It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.
→ If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.
→ We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.
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Select the quotation attributed to D. H. Lawrence.
→ Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
→ If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
→ When love turns into dust, money becomes the substitution.
→ A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
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One of these may be attributed to D. H. Lawrence. Which one?
→ The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.
→ For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.
→ I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
→ There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.
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Which one of these belongs to D. H. Lawrence?
→ There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.
→ 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.
→ When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
→ A wise man once said, Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to D. H. Lawrence?
→ Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
→ Don't you find it a beautiful clean thought a world empty of people just uninterrupted grass and a hare sitting up?
→ Kindness goes a long ways lots o' times when it ought t' stay at home.
→ When someone has behaved like an animal, he says: "I'm only human!" But when he is treated like an animal, he says: "I'm human, too!"
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