There's too much of that where-every-prospect-pleases-and-only-man-is-…

P. G. Wodehouse
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There's too much of that where-every-prospect-pleases-and-only-man-is-vile stuff buzzing around for my taste. ✨ P.G. Wodehouse (2000). How Right You Are, Jeeves, p.18, Simon and Schuster
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