--- title: "13 Wells Quotes By Dorothy L. Sayers" description: "13 Wells quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers. Plus more from Dorothy L. Sayers and more Wells sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/dorothy-l-sayers-738_faint_oh-well-faint-heart-never-won-so-much-as_2924520.jpg" --- > [Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/oh-well-faint-heart-never-won-so-much-as-a-scrap-of-paper/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/dorothy-l-sayers-738_faint_oh-well-faint-heart-never-won-so-much-as_2924520.jpg) > [Well-bred English people never have imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/well-bred-english-people-never-have-imagination/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/dorothy-l-sayers-738_england_well-bred-english-people-never-have-imag_2604351.jpg) > [The only Christian work is good work, well done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-only-christian-work-is-good-work-well-done/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/dorothy-l-sayers-738_calling_the-only-christian-work-is-good-work-wel_594960.jpg) > [Why? Oh, well - I thought you'd be rather an attractive person to marry. That's all. I mean, I sort of took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/why-oh-well-i-thought-you-d-be-rather-an-attractive-person-to-marry/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/dorothy-l-sayers-738_attractive_why-oh-well-i-thought-you-d-be-rather-an_2569379.jpg) > [But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/but-it-is-the-mark-of-all-movements-however-well-intentioned-that/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/dorothy-l-sayers-738_excitement_but-it-is-the-mark-of-all-movements-howe_17404.jpg) > [It's very good of you--" "No, no, not at all. It's my hobby. Not proposing to people, I don't mean, but investigating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/it-s-very-good-of-you-no-no-not-at-all-it-s-my-hobby-not-proposing-to/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/dorothy-l-sayers-738_cheer_it-s-very-good-of-you-no-no-not-at-all-i_1093198.jpg) > [She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, courteous, wealthy, well-read, amusing and enamored, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/she-suddenly-saw-wimsey-in-a-new-light-she-knew-him-to-be-intelligent/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/dorothy-l-sayers-738_amusing_she-suddenly-saw-wimsey-in-a-new-light-s_2225983.jpg) > [He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man): "Surely it is possible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/he-remembered-having-said-to-his-uncle-with-a-solemn-dogmatism-better/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/dorothy-l-sayers-738_brain_he-remembered-having-said-to-his-uncle-w_3182058.jpg) > [Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/nothing-goes-so-well-with-a-hot-fire-and-buttered-crumpets-as-a-wet/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/dorothy-l-sayers-738_crumpets_nothing-goes-so-well-with-a-hot-fire-and_1479191.jpg) > [Well, it seems like a miracle to be able to look forward-to-to see all the minutes in front of one come hopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/well-it-seems-like-a-miracle-to-be-able-to-look-forward-to-to-see-all/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/dorothy-l-sayers-738_able_well-it-seems-like-a-miracle-to-be-able_244103.jpg) > [I know what you're thinking - that anybody with proper sensitive feelings would rather scrub floors for a living. But I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/i-know-what-you-re-thinking-that-anybody-with-proper-sensitive/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/dorothy-l-sayers-738_detectives_i-know-what-you-re-thinking-that-anybody_135079.jpg) > [All the children seem to be coming out quite intelligent, thank goodness. It would have been such a bore to be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/all-the-children-seem-to-be-coming-out-quite-intelligent-thank/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/dorothy-l-sayers-738_book_all-the-children-seem-to-be-coming-out-q_753188.jpg) > [Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/philip-wasn-t-the-sort-of-man-to-make-a-friend-of-a-woman-he-wanted/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/dorothy-l-sayers-738_believe_philip-wasn-t-the-sort-of-man-to-make-a_3128451.jpg) ## Other authors on Wells ## More by Dorothy L. Sayers > [“The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-really-essential-factors-of-success-in-any-undertaking-are-money/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [The trouble is. . .that everybody sneers at restrictions and demands freedom, till something annoying happens; then they demand angrily what has become of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-trouble-is-that-everybody-sneers-at-restrictions-and-demands/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“ Peter! Were you looking for a horse-shoe?" "No; I was expecting the horse, but the shoe is a piece of pure, gorgeous luck."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/peter-were-you-looking-for-a-horse-shoe-no-i-was-expecting-the-horse/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [ “See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. \[That\] the fundamental treason to the mind ...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/see-that-the-mind-is-honest-first-the-rest-may-follow-or-not-as-god/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/but-it-is-the-mark-of-all-movements-however-well-intentioned-that/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/we-may-argue-eloquently-that-honesty-is-the-best-policy-unfortunately/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/one-must-not-only-die-daily-but-every-day-we-must-be-born-again/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“By teaching them all to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/by-teaching-them-all-to-read-we-have-left-them-at-the-mercy-of-the/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [ Perhaps \[the critics are right and\] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/perhaps-the-critics-are-right-and-the-drama-is-played-out-now-and/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/at-no-point-have-i-yet-found-artistic-truth-and-theological-truth-at/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/i-have-never-yet-heard-any-middle-aged-man-or-woman-who-worked-with/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“That was the second time within five minutes that he had warned her off his private ground. His mood had changed since the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/that-was-the-second-time-within-five-minutes-that-he-had-warned-her/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“To obey orders in this family has been my privilege for the last twenty years--a privilege which has been an unqualified pleasure, except perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/to-obey-orders-in-this-family-has-been-my-privilege-for-the-last/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/those-who-make-some-other-person-their-job-are-dangerous/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) > [“Yes, and look at the corpses. Place always reminds me of that old thing in Punch, you know—‘Waiter, take away Lord Whatsisname, he’s been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/yes-and-look-at-the-corpses-place-always-reminds-me-of-that-old-thing/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wells/dorothy-l-sayers/#itemlist", "name": "13 Wells Quotes By Dorothy L. 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