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It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.
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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To foment grievance and to set men at variance is the trade by which agitators thrive and journalists make money.
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There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins and the parent of all the rest.
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