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William S. Gilbert Quotes

«It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs.»
«You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.»
«Man is nature's sole mistake.»
Author: William S. Gilbert (Lyricist) | About: Nature | Keywords: sole
«Things are seldom what they seem.»
«Things are seldom what they seem, / Skim milk masquerades as cream.»
«Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.»
«On a cloth untrue / With a twisted cue, / And elliptical billiard balls.»
«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.»
Author: William S. Gilbert (Lyricist) | About: Merit | Keywords: enhance, merits, stir, stump, stumps, trumpet
«Sir, Sunday morning, although recurring at regular and well foreseen intervals, always seems to take this railway by surprise.»
«He uses language that would make your hair curl.»

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