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Great Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers
- And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you - I am at rest with you -…
- There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins…
- The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.
- Wimsey stooped for an empty sardine-tin which lay, horribly battered, at his feet, and slung it idly into the quag. It struck the surface with…
- The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The…
- Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to…
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- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
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