Sir William Newport

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    “There are one or two rules,
    Half-a-dozen, maybe,
    That all family fools,
    Of whatever degree,
    Must observe if they love their profession.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.”
    —Robin, Sir Day (b. 1915)

    “The Law is the true embodiment
    Of everything that’s excellent.
    It has no kind of fault or flaw,
    And I, my Lords, embody the Law.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)