"The English language has a deceptive air of……" — Dorothy L. Sayers
"The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine."
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134 Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers
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For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever…
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He was so crooked, you could have used his spine for a safety-pin.
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If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
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She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they…
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To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can…
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The dogma of the Incarnation is the most dramatic thing about Christianity, and indeed, the most dramatic thing that ever…
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First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense…
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A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded…
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The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.
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If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way…
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The business of the artist is not to escape from his material medium or bully it, but to serve it;…
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And what do all the great words come to in the end, but that? I love you - I am…
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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of…
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Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.
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Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.
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Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and…
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