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It's true I've got no shirts to wear It's true my butcher's bill is due It's true my prospects all look blue - But don't let that unsettle you.
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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On my face extended flat I was walloped with a cat For listening at the key-hole of the door.
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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.
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In all the woes that curse our race there is a lady in the case.
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Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
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My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
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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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There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
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Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy We're very wide awake The Moon and I.
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Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever.
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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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What though I cannot meet my bills? What though I suffer toothache's ills? What though I swallow countless pills?
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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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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
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