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Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy We're very wide awake The Moon and I.
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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I am the Captain of the Pinafore And a right good captain too! . . . . And I'm never, never sick at sea! What, never? No, never! What never? Hardly ever! He's hardly ever sick at sea! Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!
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For duty, duty must be done The rule applies to everyone.
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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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Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
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If your master is surly, from getting up early (And tempers are short in the morning), An inopportune joke is enough to provoke Him to give you, at once, a month's warning.
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I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.
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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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I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.
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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished
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Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.
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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!
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