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There's too much of that where-every-prospect-pleases-and-only-man-is-vile stuff buzzing around for my taste.

P. G. Wodehouse

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P. G. Wodehouse
Age: 93 †
Born: 1881
Born: January 1
Died: 1975
Died: January 1
Humorist
Librettist
Lyricist
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Guildford
Surrey
UK
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
Men
Pleases
Prospect
Taste
Please
Stuff
Around
Much
Buzzing
Every
Vile

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