W.S. Gilbert Quotes
Top 62 wise famous quotes and sayings by W.S. Gilbert
W.S. Gilbert Famous Quotes & Sayings
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The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
See how the Fates their gifts allot, For A is happy-B is not. Yet B is worthy, I dare say, Of more prosperity than A.
The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.
Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.
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.
In short, whoever you may be, To this conclusion you'll agree, When every one is somebodee, Then no one's anybody!
I know everybody's income and what everybody earns,
And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns
And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns
And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist
I don't think she'd be missed
I'm sure she'd not be
missed!
I don't think she'd be missed
I'm sure she'd not be
missed!
Bless your heart, they don't mind
they're exceedingly
kind
They don't blame you
as long as you're funny!
they're exceedingly
kind
They don't blame you
as long as you're funny!
The privilege and pleasure That we treasure beyond measure Is to run on little errands for the Ministers of State.
What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache's ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?
What though I suffer toothache's ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?
I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.
Wafted by a favouring gale
As one sometimes is in trances,
To a height that few can scale,
Save by long and weary dances
As one sometimes is in trances,
To a height that few can scale,
Save by long and weary dances
I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.
I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!
Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig!
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig!
Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses,
Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.
Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.
Who knows but we may count among our intellectual chickens
Like them an Earl of Thackeray and p'raps a Duke of
Dickens
Like them an Earl of Thackeray and p'raps a Duke of
Dickens