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I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth.

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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