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
occupation nuisance world
A human being must have occupation if he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
past men thinking
I often think when a man's once past a certain age, the older he grows the tougher he gets, and women the same or more so.
men tripping behinds
Every great man has a woman behind him ... And every great woman has some man or other in front of her, tripping her up.
atheist work thinking
I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.
jesus people justice
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.
strong-women time uncontrollable-urge
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
men grace judgement
If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.
vocabulary mind syntax
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.
believe age may
Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.
should-have ideas achievement
It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of religion that suggests that if we are good we shall be happy. On the contrary, it is fiercely and even harshly realistic, insisting that there are certain eternal achievements that make even happiness look like trash.
educational men effort
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.
i-love-you happiness home
I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.
jesus evil rose
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.
sweet greatness men
The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The great man, on the other hand, could marry where he liked, not being restricted to great women; indeed, it was often found sweet and commendable in him to choose a woman of no sort of greatness at all.