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Posterity will know as little of me as I know of posterity.
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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Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes! Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!
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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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When in that House MPs divide/If they've a brain and cerebellum, too/They've got to leave that brain outside/And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to.
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