Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering. ✨ D. H. Lawrenc…

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Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering. ✨ D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, p.232, Cambridge University Press
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