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You mean,' went on Wimsey, 'that they think in clichés.'
'Eh?'
‘Formulae. “There's nothing like a mother's instinct” “Dogs and children always know.” “Kind hearts are more than coronets." “Suffering refines the character”—that sort of guff, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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Dorothy L. Sayers (Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #7))