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People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Age: 64 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 13
Died: 1957
Died: December 17
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We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.
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The recognition of the truth that we get in the artist's work comes to us as a revelation of new truth. We did not know it before, but the moment it is shown to us, we know that, somehow or other, we had always known it.
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