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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.

Source: The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan.
-- William Gilbert, (Nov 18 1836-1911), English dramatist; He collaborated with Sullivan on 14 comic operas, including Pirates of Penzance, 1880; The Mikado, 1885.

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