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Dramatist

W. S. Gilbert was an English dramatist, best known for his collaborations with Arthur S. Sullivan on light operas. His works are renowned for their humor and wit, and have had a profound impact on the development of musical theater.

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Famous W. S. Gilbert Quotes

“If I can wheedle A knife or a needle, Why not a Silver Churn?”

Ifs I Can Imagination Silver Why Not Knives Needles

Book:The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

Source: The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

“I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do”

Knows I Can Two Age Half Minutes Prejudice Manners Fascinating Entertaining Irritating Sneer Chuckles

Author:W. S. Gilbert

“My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.”

I Can Helping Born Pride My Family

Author:W. S. Gilbert

“I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!”

Men Love I Can Creatures Fellows Philanthropy Disagreeable

Book:The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

Source: The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

“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.”

Persons I Can Facts Ancestor Exclusive Ancestry Descent Haughty

Book:The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

Source: The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan

About the Author

Born: November 18, 1836
Died: May 29, 1911
Known for: Dramatist
Quotes: 96

Books & Sources

The Complete Annotated Gilbert and SullivanRelated source material

The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and SullivanRelated source material

The Mikado and other OperasRelated source material

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