Poetry Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“If it ever occurs to people to value the honour of the mind equally with the honour of the body, we shall get a social revolution of a quite unparalleled sort.”

“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.”

“Facts are like cows. If you look them in the face long enough, they generally run away.”

“Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain;”

“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.”

“I will try to disappoint you”

“I know many lives worth living.”

“So here is my story, may it bring”

“Every poem is a coat of arms. It must be deciphered. How much blood, how many tears in exchange for these axes, these muzzles, these unicorns, these torches, these towers, these martlets, these seedlings of stars and these fields of blue!”

“The music is a vibration in the brain rather than the ear.”

“Darkling I listen; and, for many a time”