Margery Allingham Quotes

There are only two kinds of men who become dentists. The ones who love it and ones who get miserable. Think round and you'll see I'm right.

Margery Allingham

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• There are only two kinds of men who become dentists. The ones who love it and ones who get miserable. Think round and you'll see I'm right.

  

  Margery Allingham
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  • Right
  • Miserable