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He did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
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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No good play is a success fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years to suit the public taste, and I should know.
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I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
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If I can wheedle A knife or a needle, Why not a Silver Churn?
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Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever.
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There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
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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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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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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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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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I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.
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