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The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
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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Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.
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Isn't your life extremely flat,With nothing to grumble at?
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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'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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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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Let the punishment fit the crime.
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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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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space, Roll on!
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I am a child of Nature, and take after my mother.
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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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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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Utopia's quite another land In her enterprising movements, She is England--with improvements
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