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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.
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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The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
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Isn't your life extremely flat,With nothing to grumble at?
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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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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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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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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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Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever.
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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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When a felon s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest mans.
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A policeman's lot is not a happy one
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