Quotation by Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

When a felon's not engaged in his employment
Or maturing his felonious little plans,
His capacity for innocent enjoyment
Is just as great as any honest man's.
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), British parodist, librettist. The Pirates of Penzance.

NAs. New Oxford Book of English Light Verse, The. Kingsley Amis, ed. (1978) Oxford University Press.
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