The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Flowers

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Pansies

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, introduction.

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Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.

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Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 1
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Current Citation

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