# Quote — P.G. Wodehouse, Psmith, Journalist

> So was victory turned into defeat, and Billy's jaw became squarer and his eye more full of the light of battle than ever.

- Author: [P.G. Wodehouse](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse.md)
- Book: [Psmith, Journalist](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pg-wodehouse/psmith-journalist.md)
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> "Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it."

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> "Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary," murmured Psmith. (Earlier usage of the precise words "Elementary, my dear Watson" has been found in the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)

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