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A man is but an ass Who fights in a cuirass
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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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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I shall carry to the Catacombs of Age, Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind
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