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I am the very model of a modern major general
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 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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My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.
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All bayonets are bad.
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He led his regiment from behind. He found it less exciting.
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For duty, duty must be done The rule applies to everyone.
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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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The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
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The Law is the true embodiment of everything that's excellent it has no kind of fault or flaw and I, my Lords, embody the Law.
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Let the punishment fit the crime.
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Life's a pudding full of plums.
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A policeman's lot is not a happy one
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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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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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To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.
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On my face extended flat I was walloped with a cat For listening at the key-hole of the door.
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My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
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Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?
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Man is nature's sole mistake.
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When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.
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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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