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If girls realized their responsibilities they would be so careful when they smiled that they would probably abandon the practice altogether. There are moments in a man's life when a girl's smile can have as important results as an explosion of dynamite.

If girls realized their responsibilities they would be so careful when they smiled that they would probably abandon the practice altogether. There are moments in a man's life when a girl's smile can have as important results as an explosion of dynamite.

Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern

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P.G. Wodehouse
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Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for P. G. Wodehouse: documented activity in 1902. Wikidata Q207515, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207515 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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