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P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

«The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.»
«Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.»
«Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.»
«Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.»
Author: P. G. Wodehouse | Keywords: pupils, supporting
«He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.»
Author: P. G. Wodehouse | Keywords: shaken
«The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.»
«The Bishop was talking to the local Master of Hounds about the difficulty he had in keeping his vicars off the incense.»
«The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.»
«Psmith is the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a plate with watercress round it, thus enabling me to avoid the blood, sweat and tears inseparable from an author's life.»
«To find a man's true character, play golf with him.»

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