Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

Dorothy L. Sayers

British Author

Born: Jun 13, 1893

Died: Dec 17, 1957

Dangerous Nothing Only People Time You

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I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking. Dorothy L. Sayers

Thinking Saves Everything Always Quotation Original

The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore - on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. Dorothy L. Sayers

Justice People Personality Christ Thought Too On The Contrary Later Has-Been Bore Atmosphere Never Generations Safe Shattering Him Been Left Surround Up Contrary Accused Hanged Being Dynamic Them Who Tedium

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. Dorothy L. Sayers

Minds Syntax Those Weak Weak Minds Sloppy Vocabulary Only Writer Mislead Advertisement Mastery His Thank Prefer Themselves English Who Uses

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age. Dorothy L. Sayers

Age Youth Believe Backward Paradoxical Must Seem Look May Forward

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. Dorothy L. Sayers

Passion Only Sin Commit

Very dangerous things, theories. Dorothy L. Sayers

Dangerous Very Theories Things

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