Sir William Davenant

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“On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Sang “Willow, titwillow, titwillow!”
And I said to him, “Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing, ‘Willow, titwillow, titwillow’?
Is it a weakness of intellect, birdie?” I cried,
“Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?””
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

“The first rule of venture capitalism should be Shoot the Inventor.”
—Richard, Sir Storey (b. 1937)

“In every grave make room, make room!
The world’s at an end, and we come, we come.”
—Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)