“If you could only tell them that living and spending isn't the same thing! But it's no good. If only they were educated toinstead of earn and spend, they could manage very happily…”

—  D.H. Lawrence, book Lady Chatterley's Lover

Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover

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English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary crit… 1885–1930

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