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Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1) QUOTES

Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1) QUOTES

1 " One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hours' sleep each night - I cannot recall at the moment how many - made a man something which for the time being has slipped my memory. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)

2 " You won't mind my calling you Comrade, will you? I've just become a socialist. It's a great scheme. You ought to be one. You work for the equal distribution of property, and start by collaring all you can and sitting on it. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)

3 " He was rigidly truthful, where the issue concerned only himself. Where it was a case of saving a friend, he was prepared to act in a manner reminiscent of an American expert witness. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)

4 " Are you the Bully, the Pride of the School , or the Boy who is Led Astray and takes to Drink in Chapter Sixteen?" "The last, for choice," said Mike, "but I've only just arrived, so I don't know. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)

5 " Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh? "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)

6 " Mike’s statement that he wanted to get up early and have a ride had been received by Psmith, with whom early rising was not a hobby, with honest amazement and a flood of advice and warning on the subject.

“One of the Georges,” said Psmith, “I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours’ sleep a day—I cannot recall for the moment how many—made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory. However, there you are. I’ve given you the main idea of the thing; and a German doctor says that early rising causes insanity. Still, if you’re bent on it…. "

― P.G. Wodehouse , Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)