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I am a child of Nature, and take after my mother.
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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There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
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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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every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill!
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poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished
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