'You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's unde… - P. G. Wodehouse

'You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing.' 'No, sir.' 'One or the other. Not both.' 'Precisely, sir.'

P. G. Wodehouse

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About P. G. Wodehouse

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years.

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Pen Names: Henry William-Jones • P Brooke-Haven • Pelham Grenville • Melrose Grainger • J Walker Williams • C P West

Birth Name: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Native Name: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Alternative Names: P.G. Wodehouse

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'You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing.' 'No, sir.' 'One or the other. Not both.' 'Precisely, sir.' - P. G. Wodehouse

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