| 16 Famous Quotes by William S. Gilbert
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“If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.”
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“As innocent as a new-laid egg.”
Proverbial phrases Quotes Source: Engaged (act I)
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“My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.”
Punishment Quotes Source: Mikado
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“Something lingering with boiling oil in it . . . something
humorous but lingering--with either boiling oil or melted lead.”
Punishment Quotes Source: Mikado
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“Oh! to be wafted away
From this black Aceldama of sorrow,
Where the dust of an earthy to-day
Makes the earth of a dusty to-morrow.”
Tomorrow Quotes Source: Heart-Foam
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“Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule--
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.”
Navy Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.”
Appearance Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“I always voted at my party's call,
And I never thought of thinking of myself at all.”
Voting Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big D.”
Swearing Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never never use a big, big, D.”
Swearing Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.”
Swearing Quotes Source: H.M.S. Pinafore
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“As innocent as a new-laid egg.”
Innocence Quotes Source: Engaged (act I)
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“Then they began to sing
That extremely lovely thing,
"Scherzando! ma non troppo, ppp."”
Singing Quotes Source: Bab Ballads--Story of Prince Agib
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“Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite
And the crew of the captain's gig.”
Navigation Quotes Source: Yarn of the "Nancy Bell"
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“For she is such a smart little craft,
Such a neat little, sweet little craft--
Such a bright little,
Tight little,
Slight little,
Light little,
Trim little, slim little craft!”
Ships Quotes Source: Ruddigore
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“Life is made up of interruptions.”
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William S. Gilbert Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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