Frases de P. G. Wodehouse

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P. G. Wodehouse

Fecha de nacimiento: 15. Octubre 1881
Fecha de muerte: 14. Febrero 1975
Otros nombres:పి. జి. వుడ్‌హౌస్

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Pelham Grenville Wodehouse fue un escritor humorístico británico que gozó de un extraordinario éxito en vida y sigue siendo leído. Reconocido por la calidad literaria de sus obras, y doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de Oxford, entre sus admiradores se cuentan Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh, George Orwell, W. H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, Lionel Trilling, Herbert Henry Asquith y Wittgenstein,[1] entre otros.

„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

„At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.“

— P.G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money

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

— P.G. Wodehouse

„I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.“

— P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters

„What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.“

— P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

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„I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.“

— P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest

„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!“

— P.G. Wodehouse

„I always advise people never to give advice.“

— P.G. Wodehouse

„A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.“

— P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

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Frases de P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse

Frases P. G. Wodehouse

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

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

„The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.“

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

„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.“

„'There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, "Do trousers matter?"'
‘The mood will pass, sir.’“

„Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.“

„He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.“

„At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.“

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

„I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.“

„What ho!" I said.
"What ho!" said Motty.
"What ho! What ho!"
"What ho! What ho! What ho!"
After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.“

„I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.“

„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!“

„I always advise people never to give advice.“

„A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle.“

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