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Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes: The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.
         

The best remedy for a bruised heart is not, as so many people think, repose upon a manly bosom. Much more efficacious are honest work, physical activity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth.


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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 forever.

If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.



Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.

Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.



For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.

For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this is effort spent in vain.



Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.



God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own ... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators.

God was executed by people painfully like us, in a society very similar to our own ... by a corrupt church, a timid politician, and a fickle proletariat led by professional agitators.



What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.



A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, for such a society is a house built upon sand.

A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, for such a society is a house built upon sand.



It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.

It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.



As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less Who goes to bed with whom.

As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less Who goes to bed with whom.



If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.

If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.





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And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.



Our bodies won't have secrets now.

Our bodies won't have secrets now.



I didn't care about goals or expectations any more, I was just determined to race my heart out.

I didn't care about goals or expectations any more, I was just determined to race my heart out.



What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change.

What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change.



It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.

It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.



In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary.

In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary.



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Music is not my life. Christ is my life.



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We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.



In no way do I feel superior to anyone except paedophiles, rapists, murderers, etc.

In no way do I feel superior to anyone except paedophiles, rapists, murderers, etc.



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We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.




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