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The Devil ... is much better served by exploiting our virtues than by appealing to our lower passions consequently, it is when the Devil looks most noble and reasonable that he is most dangerous.

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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