It is a truth universally acknowledged that the sure-fire cure for an inferiority complex

is a Chinese vase, a violent accident, and a bag of flour.

Not necessarily in that order.

P.G. Woodhouse. Today on the Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to the Classic Tales Podcast, where an audiobook format gives you an immersive experience in classic literature.

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notes and download and listen all you want. Now for our Word for the Week by Ambrose Beers.

In this segment, we hear from the devil's lexicographer himself as he delivers one of his

caustic definitions. The word for the week is longevity, and here to read it is Ambrose Bierce himself.

Longevity, noun, uncommon extension of the fear of death.

Thank you, Mr. Beers.

And now, the inferiority complex of Old Sippy by P.G. Woodhouse.

I checked the man with one of my glances.

I was astounded and shocked.

Not another word, Jeeves, I said.

You have gone too far.

Hats, yes.

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