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Letter "W" » 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.»
«Things are seldom what they seem.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
«Things are seldom what they seem, / Skim milk masquerades as cream.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
| Keywords:
cream, masquerade, masquerades, masquerading, milk, skim, skimming, skim milk
«Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
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bordering, equanimity, exhibition, International, proposal, proposals, San
«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.»
«Sir, Sunday morning, although recurring at regular and well foreseen intervals, always seems to take this railway by surprise.»
Author: William S. Gilbert
(Lyricist)
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foreseen, intervals, railway, railways, recur, recurring, regular, Sunday best
«He uses language that would make your hair curl.»
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