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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!
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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Then a sentimental passion of a vegetable fashion must excite your languid spleen, An attachment a la Plato for a bashful young potato, or a not-too-French French bean!
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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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Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancybrig, And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig!
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Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.
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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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Faint heart never won fair lady! Nothing venture, nothing win Blood is thick, but water's thin In for a penny, in for a pound It's Love that makes the world go 'round!
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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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Posterity shall know of me even less than I shall know of posterity.
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It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.
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I am a child of Nature, and take after my mother.
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Utopia's quite another land In her enterprising movements, She is England--with improvements
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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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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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Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space, Roll on!
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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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Isn't your life extremely flat,With nothing to grumble at?
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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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After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as a Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides, on the whole, the most satisfactory description of ruler - an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power.
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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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Bless your heart, they don't mind--they're exceedingly kind-- They don't blame you--as long as you're funny!
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