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Words Quotes by P.G. Wodehouse
- ...smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the…
- And, anyway, no matter how much you may behave like the deaf adder of Scripture which, as you are doubtless aware, the more one piped,…
- I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such…
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