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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
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Age: 64 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 13
Died: 1957
Died: December 17
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Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.
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People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts.
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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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I have the most ill-regulated memory. It does those things which it ought not to do and leaves undone the things it ought to have done. But it has not yet gone on strike altogether.
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We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.
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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.
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It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.
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But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds.
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The young were always theoretical only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles.
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Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind they make life more interesting.
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