Modern world Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

“though I always think that the franker you are with people, the more you’re likely to deceive ’em; so unused is the modern world to the open hand and the guileless heart, what?” quote by Dorothy L. Sayers — Download Open image

““though I always think that the franker you are with people, the more you’re likely to deceive ’em; so unused is the modern world to the open hand and the guileless heart, what?””

Dorothy L. Sayers

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