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Napoleon Bonaparte Said: "Europe is just the start. I've defeated Austria and Prussia; Now I'm going to invade Russia".
James Gillray Is still famous today For his scurrilous cartoons Depicting George III and his ministers as buffoons.
If Chairman Mao Were still in power now, He'd say: "Stay home – for if you do not, You are a bourgeois troublemaker, and will be shot".
Donald Trump Is (as I said) a chump, But it won't be totally unexpected If he somehow gets re-elected.
We Brits find it merciful That Spencer Perceval Is the only Prime Minister assassinated to date; Four US Presidents have met such a fate.
Clement Attlee In 1945 said flatly: "Winston, we all think you're great, But it's time to make way for the welfare state".
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George Washington achieved transcendence During the War of Independence. He showed great skill and bravery; It's a shame he didn't abolish slavery.
Ernö Rubik Invented a toy that was cubic. This lucky rhyme, I guess, Was one of the keys to its success.
Jesus claimed to be a divine prophet, But many Romans said "Come off it!" The emperor Tiberius Said "He cannot be serious!"
Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton Have surely never been beaten In their genre of comic audacity Which filled cinemas to their capacity.
Barack Obama Did not have a sense of drama, But there's no necessary correlation Between excitement and good administration.
The Garden of Eden Was an agreeable place, like Sweden, But Adam found it a little bland, So his quest for more knowledge is easy to understand.
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Thomas Edison Did not patent medicine, But he did bring many an invention To the Patent Office's attention.
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Some philosophical clerihews:
René Descartes Was undoubtedly very smart. He is famous for his insistence That we can prove our own existence.
Willard Van Orman Quine Had something in common with Wittgenstein. Both wrote about words and names And meanings, logic, and language games.
Immanuel Kant, Unlike Nietzsche, did not rant. He wrote such dense Critiques That reading just one chapter can take weeks.
Martin Heidegger was far worse; His love of obscurity was quite perverse. He used many a German word That no other German had ever heard.
David Hume believed in empiricism; Though a Scot, he spurned Celtic lyricism. He found no evidence for God – A view which his contemporaries found most odd.
Arthur Schopenhauer Was a pessimist who would sit and glower. He wrote a lot about the Will, And thought everything was going rapidly downhill.
Plato's 'Forms' May not accord with modern scientific norms, But his originality in conceiving them Can be admired without actually believing them.
Thomas Hobbes insisted That no innate virtue existed, And that societies would go wrong Unless their rulers were strong.
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Benjamin Disraeli Charmed Queen Victoria daily. Gladstone was much more strait-laced, And she viewed his gravitas with distaste.
Sir Henry Wood Thought music would do the public good. His Proms were eclectic salads Of old and new classics and lighter ballads.
Paul Revere Is not very well known here, But across the Atlantic His patriotic legend is very romantic.
Gaetano Donizetti Produced music like confetti. He wrote half a dozen operas a year; His rivals groaned when they saw a new one appear.
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Edward Heath had a permanent glower After Mrs Thatcher took over power. She, in turn, called everyone a traitor When she was ousted fifteen years later.
Nineteen Eighty-Four Has worldwide fame in political lore. But in Britain the year is recalled with dislike Because of the miners' strike.
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Dr W G Grace Was an early cricketing ace. Among his peers he was in top position – Ask any statistician.
The American Civil War Was on a scale not seen before. The English version in Charles I's reign Saw far fewer soldiers slain.
Bomber Harris said with relish: "I'm going to make all Germans' lives hellish!" That controversial fellow Had clearly never heard of jus in bello.
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Just so you know. I am not a poet. But I do read yours. You have a knack,keep it up.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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Joseph Haydn Was calm and sober, like Joe Biden. But Franz Liszt Like Trump, was an exhibitionist.
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Bertrand Russell Could intellectually out-muscle Any amateur logicians Or second-rate mathematicians.
King James the First Asked Shakespeare: "Are your plays well rehearsed?" "Why yes", replied the Bard, "I drive my actors very hard".
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