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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

“A man is but an ass Who fights in a cuirass”

Men Fighting Ass

Book:The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

Source: The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

“Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved.”

Men Wells Evolution Monkeys Evolution Of Man

Book:The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

Source: The Savoy Operas: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan: The Complete Gilbert and Sullivan

“When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.”

Men Assessment

Author:W. S. Gilbert

“If you're anxious to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare, you must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere.”

Ifs Men Culture Term Lines Mankind Shining Plant Get Up Anxious Aesthetic Humankind Germs Transcendental

Author:W. S. Gilbert

“Man is nature's sole mistake.”

Men Mistake Mankind Sole

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

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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