“I’m not absolutely certain of my facts, but I rather fancy it’s Shakespeare–or, if not, it’s some equally brainy bird–who says that it’s always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with a bit of lead piping.”
P.G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest”
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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