Пелем Грэнвил Вудхауз: цитаты

He expressed the opinion that the world was in a deplorable state. I said, 'Don't talk rot, old Tom Travers.' 'I am not accustomed to talk rot,' he said. 'Then, for a beginner,' I said, 'you do it dashed well.' And I think you will admit, boys and ladies and gentlemen, that that was telling him.

Этот труд я посвящаю своей дочери Леоноре, без деятельного участия и одобрения которой книга была бы написана вдвое быстрее.

The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say `When!

Я не должен ни пенса ни одной живой душе — разумеется, не считая торговцев.

And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.

And as for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.

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