She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away.

Quote by Dorothy L Sayers

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

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

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is...

Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer...

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer...

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both...

While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both...

Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of...

Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of...

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end,...

There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end,...

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but...

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but...

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a...

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless.

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look...

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look...

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the...

Lawyers enjoy a little mystery, you know. Why, if everybody came forward and told the...

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous.

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of...

Very dangerous things, theories.

Very dangerous things, theories.

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we...

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

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