<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538979" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Said I to Myself, Said I</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I went to the Bar as a very young man<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>I'll work on a new and original plan<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>I'll never assume that a rogue or a thief<br>Is a gentleman worthy implicit belief,<br>Because his attorney, has sent me a brief<br>(Said I to myself - said I!)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll never throw dust in a juryman's eyes<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>Or hoodwink a judge who is not over-wise<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>Or assume that the witnesses summoned in force<br>In Exchequer, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Divorce,<br>Have perjured themselves as a matter of course<br>(Said I to myself - said I!)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ere I go into court I will read my brief through<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>And I'll never take work I'm unable to do<br>(Said I to myself - said I).<br>My learned profession I'll never disgrace<br>By taking a fee with a grin on my face,<br>When I haven't been there to attend to the case<br>(Said I to myself - said I!)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In other professions in which men engage<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>The Army, the Navy, the Church, and the Stage,<br>(Said I to myself - said I),<br>Professional licence, if carried too far,<br>Your chance of promotion will certainly mar -<br>And I fancy the rule might apply to the Bar<br>(Said I to myself - said I!)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538979" data-title="Said I to Myself, Said I de William Schwenck Gilbert" data-description="When I went to the Bar as a very young man (Said I to myself - said I), I'll work on a new and original plan (Said I to myself - said I), I'll never assume that a rogue or a thief Is a gentleman worthy implicit belief, Because his attorney, has se..."></div> </div> </div>

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