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Dorothy L Sayers Quotes

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth Picture Quote #1

I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly concluded he must be some relation to me Picture Quote #1

She couldn’t have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight Picture Quote #1

I can’t think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one’s grammar. It’s a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I’m afraid Picture Quote #1

However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal importance Picture Quote #1

I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It is fatal to pay the smallest attention to them Picture Quote #1

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If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort Picture Quote #1

A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity Picture Quote #1

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth Picture Quote #1

If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace Picture Quote #1

Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death Picture Quote #1

People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts Picture Quote #1

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For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain Picture Quote #1

To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life Picture Quote #1

There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one’s own limitations Picture Quote #1

The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written Picture Quote #1

It is the first duty of a gentleman to remember in the morning who he went to bed with the night before Picture Quote #1

What is the use of acquiring one’s heart’s desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one’s friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration Picture Quote #1

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I often think when a man’s once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so Picture Quote #1

The artist’s knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence Picture Quote #1

The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer’s created works and an interpretation of the whole series Picture Quote #1

God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular Picture Quote #1

It is impossible for human nature to believe that money is not there. It seems so much more likely that the money is there and only needs bawling for Picture Quote #1

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Whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed Picture Quote #1

A person who tells a secret, swearing the recipient to secrecy in turn, is asking of the other person a discretion which he is abrogating himself Picture Quote #1

I’m getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I’d take care to commit more of them Picture Quote #1

Every great man has a woman behind him... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ‘em, then we grow out of ‘em and leave ‘em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development Picture Quote #1

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The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people seem to think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly concluded he must be some relation to me (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) She couldn’t have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) I can’t think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one’s grammar. It’s a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I’m afraid (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal importance (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It is fatal to pay the smallest attention to them (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) A marriage of two independent and equally irritable intelligences seems to me reckless to the point of insanity (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one’s own limitations (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) It is the first duty of a gentleman to remember in the morning who he went to bed with the night before (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) What is the use of acquiring one’s heart’s desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one’s friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) I often think when a man’s once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) The artist’s knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) The autobiography is at one and the same time a single element in the series of the writer’s created works and an interpretation of the whole series (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) It is impossible for human nature to believe that money is not there. It seems so much more likely that the money is there and only needs bawling for (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) Whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) A person who tells a secret, swearing the recipient to secrecy in turn, is asking of the other person a discretion which he is abrogating himself (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) I’m getting very old and my bones ache. My sins are deserting me, and if I could only have my time over again I’d take care to commit more of them (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) Every great man has a woman behind him... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes) 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 Quotes) Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ‘em, then we grow out of ‘em and leave ‘em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development (Dorothy L Sayers Quotes)

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