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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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Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
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No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have and I think he's a dirty little beast.
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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill!
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I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.
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Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the Past
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Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!
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I often think it's comical How Nature always does contrive That every boy and every gal That's born into the world alive Is either a little Liberal Or else a little Conservative!
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The privilege and pleasure That we treasure beyond measure Is to run on little errands for the Ministers of State.
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Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
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See how the Fates their gifts allot, For A is happy-B is not. Yet B is worthy, I dare say, Of more prosperity than A.
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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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Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever.
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