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Leave It to Psmith
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"Leave It to Psmith" Quotes

Dashing and resourceful Psmith takes on a series of comic misadventures involving stolen jewelry, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements at Blandings Castle.

Quotes

The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

P.G. Wodehouse

apologies

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

P.G. Wodehouse

time management

One of the disadvantages of being a pessimist is that you're constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

P.G. Wodehouse

pessimism

If there is one thing that makes me sick, it is the determination of some people to regard charity mongering as a business.

P.G. Wodehouse

charity

Love is a delicate plant that needs constant tending and nurturing, and if it is not given the attention it requires, it withers and dies.

P.G. Wodehouse

love

It is a curious fact that wherever you find a small group of people talking earnestly about anything, you are almost certain to find another small group of people listening in.

P.G. Wodehouse

curiosity

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

P.G. Wodehouse

humor

It is a mistake to suppose that a man's name is the same thing as his identity. For instance, I have a Christian name, but in spite of that I am not a Christian.

P.G. Wodehouse

identity

The trouble with you, Psmith, is that you are not a sportsman. You do not appreciate the finer emotions of the sporting world.

P.G. Wodehouse

sportsmanship

It is a curious thing, but I have found that when one is engaged in being thoroughly and earnestly amused, criticisms of one's conduct seem to matter very little.

P.G. Wodehouse

amusement