Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayerswas a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth13 June 1893
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes about
integrity errors ethical-principles
The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.
diversity giving devil
this is the weakness of most 'edifying' or 'propaganda' literature. There is no diversity...You cannot, in fact, give God His due without giving the devil his due also.
protective protectiveness
He was being about as protective as a can-opener.
mistake fall heart
But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not her own, "suppose one is cursed with both a heart and a brain?" "You can usually tell," said Miss de Vine, "by seeing what kind of mistakes you make. I'm quite sure that one never makes fundamental mistakes about the thing one really wants to do. Fundamental mistakes arise out of lack of genuine interest. In my opinion, that is.
valentines-day valentines-day valentine-love
It is said that love and a cough cannot be hid.
sight movement pioneers
But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious.
importance knows
We shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us.
turning-50 born-again born
One must not only die daily, but every day we must be born again.
letters firsts vulgar
nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular ...
social-values kind limitation
There is only one kind of wisdom that has any social value, and that is the knowledge of one's own limitations.
emotional games play
Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person." "That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said." "All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it." "But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace.
laughter peter ifs
She reflected she must be completely besotted with Peter, if his laughter could hallow an aspidistra.
double-bass sculpture baggage
It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.
parent sloth sin
There are times when one is tempted to say that the great, sprawling, lethargic sin of Sloth is the oldest and greatest of the sins and the parent of all the rest.