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• He groaned slightly and winced like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.

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  Lunch, Dropping, Prometheus

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Big Money”, p.125, Random House

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• The stationmaster's whiskers are of a Victorian bushiness and give the impression of having been grown under glass.

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  Glasses, Giving, Whiskers

  "Uncle Dynamite". Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1948.

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• I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And when a girl comes along who has about twice the regular allowance, she too often makes a bee line for me with the love light in her eyes. I don't know how to account for it, but it is so." "It may be Nature's provision for maintaining the balance of the species, sir.

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  Girl, Stupid, Mean

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• One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.

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  Watches, Hawks, Rooms

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.22, Courier Corporation

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• The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.

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  Golf, Tests, Golfers

  P. G. Wodehouse, D. R. Bensen (1999). “Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work.

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  Artist, Jars, Sensitive

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• It was a morning when all nature shouted Fore! The breeze, as it blew gently up from the valley, seemed to bring a message of hope and cheer, whispering of chip shots holed and brassies landing squarely on the meat. The fairway, as yet unscarred by the irons of a hundred dubs, smiled greenly up at the azure sky.

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  Morning, Cheer, Golf

  P. G. Wodehouse, D. R. Bensen (1999). “Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf”, p.174, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never having played golf, they never knew that strange chastening humility which is engendered by a topped chip shot. If Cleopatra had been ousted in the first round of the Ladies' Singles, we should have heard a lot less of her proud imperiousness.

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  Humility, Pride, Golf

  P. G. Wodehouse (2006). “The Heart of a Goof”

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• Now, I'm a mixer. I can't help it. It's my nature. I like men. I like the taste of their boots, the smell of their legs, and the sound of their voices. It may be weak of me, but a man has only to speak to me, and a sort of thrill goes down my spine and sets my tail wagging.

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  Dog, Fun, Men

  "The Man with Two Left Feet: And Other Stories".

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• You probably think that being a guest in your aunt's house I would hesitate to butter you all over the front lawn and dance on the fragments in hobnailed boots, but you are mistaken. It would be a genuine pleasure. By an odd coincidence I brought a pair of hobnailed boots with me!' So saying, and recognising a good exit line when he saw one, he strode out, and after an interval of tense meditation I followed him. (Spode to Wooster)

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  Aunt, Thinking, House

  P.G. Wodehouse (2000). “Jeeves And The Tie That Binds”, p.74, Simon and Schuster

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• I marmaladed a slice of toast with something of a flourish and I don't suppose I have ever come much closer to saying 'Tra la la' as I did the lathering for I was feeling in mid season form this morning.

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  Morning, Feelings, Form

  P.G. Wodehouse (1989). “Aunts Omnibus”, Hutchinson

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• I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

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  Writing, Typewriters, Curse

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• I laughed derisively. "For goodness' sake, don't start gargling now. This is serious." "I was laughing." "Oh, were you? Well, I'm glad to see you taking it in this merry spirit." "Derisively," I explained.

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  Laughing, Sake, Serious

  P. G. Wodehouse (2015). “Right Ho, Jeeves”, p.31, Booklassic

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• Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

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  Mirrors, Punishment, Glutton For Punishment

  P. G. Wodehouse (2008). “Right Ho, Jeeves (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.35, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• She gave me another of those long keen looks, and I could see that she was again asking herself if her favourite nephew wasn't steeped to the tonsils in the juice of the grape.

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  Long, Nephew, Looks

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• This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers.

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  Age, Literature, May

  P. G. Wodehouse (2012). “Something New: Or, Something Fresh”, p.67, The Floating Press

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• I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots. Take the case of a chip shot, for instance. If you're really wretched, you don't care where the ball is going and so you don't raise your head to see. Grief automatically prevents pressing and over-swinging. Look at the top-notchers. Have you ever seen a happy pro?

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  Grief, Golf, Games

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• He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.

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  Taken, Dancer, Twelve

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Man with Two Left Feet: And Other Stories”, p.170, The Floating Press

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• Bicky rocked, like a jelly in a high wind.

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  Wind, Jelly

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• I suppose even Dictators have their chummy moments, when they put their feet up and relax with the boys, but it was plain from the outset that if Roderick Spode had a sunnier side, he had not come with any idea of exhibiting it now. His manner was curt. One sensed the absence of the bonhomous note. ... Here he laid a hand on my shoulder, and I can't remember when I have experienced anything more unpleasant. Apart from what Jeeves would have called the symbolism of the action, he had a grip like the bite of a horse. "Did you say 'Oh yes?'" he asked. "Oh no," I assured him.

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  Horse, Boys, Hands

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• I wonder what Tommy Morris would have had to say to all this number 6-iron, number 12-iron, number 28-iron stuff. He probably wouldn't have said anything, just made one of those strange Scottish noises at the back of his throat like someone gargling.

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  Golf, Iron, Numbers

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• The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

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  Cat, Animal, Trouble

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• You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing.

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  Successful, Design, Dictator

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “The Code of the Woosters: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.249, Random House

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• I wouldn't have a face like that,' proceeded the child, with a good deal of earnestness, 'not if you gave me a million dollars.' He thought for a moment, then corrected himself. 'Two million dollars!' he added.

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  Children, Two, Dollars

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.121, Courier Corporation

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• Dark hair fell in a sweep over his forehead. He looked like a man who would write vers libre, as indeed he did.

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  Writing, Dark, Men

  P. G. Wodehouse (2009). “Three Men and a Maid: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com

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