Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

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“My family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

“They turn one’s legs
To cribbage pegs—”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

“In enterprise of martial kind,
When there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from behind—
He found it less exciting.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)