Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.Dorothy L. Sayers
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
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If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground.
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While time lasts there will always be a future, and that future will hold both good and evil, since the world is made to that mingled pattern.
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Very dangerous things, theories.
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A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
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