Submitted by vedant-mate t3_znk3yq in books
Kidlike101 t1_j0il0yt wrote
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
- P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
I'm the type that would apologize when another person bumps into me. It's an ongoing process to break that habit and one day I randomly came across this quote... I have now read almost all pf P.G. Wodehouse's body of works AND I'M NOT SORRY IN THE LEAST! Lol!
vedant-mate OP t1_j0l3up9 wrote
I’m great fan of Wodehouse too. His work is quintessential British humour. I’ve read all of his Jeeves (a character from his book who is a butler) novels. Here are few dialogues from ‘The Code of the Woosters’ that I found humours:
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“Good evening, Jeeves.” “Good morning, sir.” This surprised me. “Is it morning?” “Yes, sir.” “Are you sure? It seems very dark outside.” “There is a fog, sir. If you will recollect, we are now in Autumn- season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” “Season of what?” (Opening scene. Conversation between the narrator Mr. Bertram Wooster and his neat butler Jeeves)
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“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" “The mood will pass, sir”
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“I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if he found that not only was Sherlock Holmes putting in the weekend there, but Hercule Poirot, as well." ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
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“as if Nature had intended to make a gorilla, and had changed its mind at the last moment” Bertram describing Tom Travers
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“She laughed - a bit louder than I could have wished in my frail state of health, but then she is always a woman who tends to bring plaster falling from the ceiling when amused.”
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“You can’t fling the hands up in a passionate gesture when you are driving a car at fifty miles an hour. Otherwise, I should have done so.” Bertie Wooster to Jeeves when his provides solution to Bertie’s problem which he always does.
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“If I might suggest, sir—it is, of course, merely a palliative—but it has often been found in times of despondency that the assumption of formal evening dress has a stimulating effect on the morale.”
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“One frequently finds in girls a disinclination towards discussion of matter of importance”
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Bertie: “Women often put a damper on things, don’t they Jeeves?” Jeeves: “They are brought up to believe that it is part of their duty to restrain male optimism, sir.”
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