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P. G. Wodehouse

" As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people. "

P. G. Wodehouse

People , Giving , Real

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" One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Age , Mind , Names

" An apple a day, if well aimed, keeps the doctor away. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Funny , Humor , Doctors

" As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people. "

P. G. Wodehouse

People , Giving , Real

" One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Truth , Moments , Life , Telling

" Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Mind , Poor

" I always advise people never to give advice. "

P. G. Wodehouse

People , Humorous

" I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light. There have been several complaints about it. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Light

" It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Ideas , Hunting , Humorous

" Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Fun

" It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Apology , Writing , Book

" He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more. "

P. G. Wodehouse

People , Intelligence

" There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature. "

P. G. Wodehouse

Beautiful , Friendship , Reading

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