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> [“As we cannot afford to squander our natural resources of minerals, food, and beauty, so we cannot afford to discard any human resources of brains, skills, and initiative, even though it is women who possess them...a woman is just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/as-we-cannot-afford-to-squander-our-natural-resources-of-minerals/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

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## More by Dorothy Sayers

> [“As we cannot afford to squander our natural resources of minerals, food, and beauty, so we cannot afford to discard any human resources of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/as-we-cannot-afford-to-squander-our-natural-resources-of-minerals/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

> [“The first thing a principle does is to kill somebody. --Gaudy Night”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-to-kill-somebody-gaudy-night/)

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> [“As Lord David Cecil has said: “The jargon of the philosophy of progress taught us to think that the savage and primitive state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/as-lord-david-cecil-has-said-the-jargon-of-the-philosophy-of-progress/)

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> [“In every age, art holds up to us the standard pattern of exemplary conduct, and real life does its best to conform.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/in-every-age-art-holds-up-to-us-the-standard-pattern-of-exemplary/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

> [“What do you want me to do, Peter?" "Chuck the ball back to me if it runs out of the circle. Not obviously. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-peter-chuck-the-ball-back-to-me-if-it-runs/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

> [“Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/forgiveness-does-not-wipe-away-the-consequences-of-the-sin-the/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

> [“Isn't the writing of good prose an emotional excitement?" "Yes, of course it is. At least, when you get the thing dead right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/isn-t-the-writing-of-good-prose-an-emotional-excitement-yes-of-course/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

> [“If the one thing was right, everything elses must surely be right; the thing was axiomatic. It was true that happiness had often to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/if-the-one-thing-was-right-everything-elses-must-surely-be-right-the/)

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