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Things are seldom what they seem.
W. S. Gilbert
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W. S. Gilbert
Age: 74 †
Born: 1836
Born: November 18
Died: 1911
Died: May 29
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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
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The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
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Let the punishment fit the crime.
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If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack, You may get a bland smile from these sages But should it, by chance, be imported from France, Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!
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In short, whoever you may be, To this conclusion you'll agree, When every one is somebodee, Then no one's anybody!
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When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling And listen to the merry village chime.
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