P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

I can't stand Paris. I hate the place. Full of people talking French, which is a thing I bar. It always seems to me so affected.

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• I can't stand Paris. I hate the place. Full of people talking French, which is a thing I bar. It always seems to me so affected.

  

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  • Hate
  • Paris