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Woman Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
- Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man or woman, fat or thin,…
- In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference…
- The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The…
- Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did, you know. But…
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