Posterity will know as little of me as I know of posterity. W. S. Gilbert More Quotes by W. S. Gilbert More Quotes From W. S. Gilbert When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. W. S. Gilbert assessmentmen He did nothing in particular, and did it very well. W. S. Gilbert peerswellswork Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. W. S. Gilbert detailsstatisticsgiving It's love that makes the world go round. W. S. Gilbert criminal-mindroundsworld As is gloriously sung in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore," in the words of W. S. Gilbert: "Things are seldom as they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream." W. S. Gilbert masqueradecreammilk I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances. W. S. Gilbert unjustsorryworld I am the Captain of the Pinafore ; And a right good captain too! . . . . And I'm never, never sick at sea! What, never? No, never! What never? Hardly ever! He's hardly ever sick at sea! Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore! W. S. Gilbert sickcheersea Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns. W. S. Gilbert gunanimalsports No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he's a dirty little beast. W. S. Gilbert sarcasticdirtythinking Oh, don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't your life extremely flat With nothing whatever to grumble at! W. S. Gilbert flatslifelong It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs. W. S. Gilbert cookingtablesfood When in that House MPs divide/If they've a brain and cerebellum, too/They've got to leave that brain outside/And vote just as their leaders tell 'em to. W. S. Gilbert mpsleaderhouse Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at? W. S. Gilbert flatsdullworld Life's a pudding full of plums. W. S. Gilbert plumspuddinglife If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: W. S. Gilbert erringattentiongiving Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise. W. S. Gilbert afternoonsurpriseluck I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. W. S. Gilbert descentancestryfacts In all the woes that curse our race there is a lady in the case. W. S. Gilbert woewomenrace A man is but an ass W. S. Gilbert assfightingmen I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, W. S. Gilbert prejudiceagetwo
