A Prefect's Uncle Quotes

“He's only got two sides, a bad side and a worse side,”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle

“His spirit was willing, but his will was not spirited.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle

“About two hours afterwards Gethryn discovered a suitable retort, but, coming to the conclusion that better late than never does not apply to repartees, refrained from speaking it.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle

“Nobody ever wants to do anything except what they are not allowed to do.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle

“There was a moment's suspense while Conscience and Sheer Wickedness fought the matter out inside him, and then Conscience, which had started on the encounter without enthusiasm, being obviously flabby and out of condition, threw up the sponge.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle

“To say that the farmer laughed would be to express the matter feebly. That his young opponent, who had been irritating him unspeakably since the beginning of the game with advice and criticism, should have done exactly what he had cautioned him, the farmer, against a moment before, struck him as being the finest example of poetic justice he had ever heard of, and he signalized his appreciation of the same by nearly dying of apoplexy.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle