Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes
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Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Author Details:
Type:
Author Quotes
Category:
British Author Quotes
Date of Birth:
June 13, 1893
Date of Death:
December 17, 1957
Nationality:
British
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Select Dorothy L. Sayers Quotations:
Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Very dangerous things, theories.
Dorothy L. Sayers
I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth straight out, we should all retire to the workhouse.
Dorothy L. Sayers
If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
Dorothy L. Sayers
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
Dorothy L. Sayers
The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Quote Keywords:

Age,
Backward,
Believe,
Forward,
Look,
May,
Must,
Paradoxical,
Seem,
Youth
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Dictionary Links:

Age,
Backward,
Believe,
Forward,
Look,
May,
Must,
Paradoxical,
Seem,
Youth
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All Dorothy L. Sayers Quotations:
A continual atmosphere of hectic passion...
A human being must have occupation...
As I grow older and older...
Death seems to provide the minds...
Every time a man expects, as...
I always have a quotation for...
I love you - I am at...
If it were not for the...
Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you...
None of us feels the true...
Paradoxical as it may seem, to...
She always says, my lord, that...
The English language has a deceptive...
The great advantage about telling the...
The only sin passion can commit...
There certainly does seem a possibility...
Those who make some other person...
Those who prefer their English sloppy...
Time and trouble will tame an...
Trouble shared is trouble halved.
Very dangerous things, theories.
While time lasts there will always...
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