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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!
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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poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished
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My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
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