Animal Quote by W. S. Gilbert

The Law is the true embodiment of everything that's excellent; it has no kind of fault or flaw and I, my Lords, embody the…

— W. S. Gilbert

A man is but an ass Who fights in a cuirass

— W. S. Gilbert

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

— W. S. Gilbert

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.

— W. S. Gilbert

And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!

— W. S. Gilbert

I am the Captain of the Pinafore ; And a right good captain too! . . . . And I'm never, never sick at…

— W. S. Gilbert

There's a fascination frantic in a ruin that's romantic.

— W. S. Gilbert

Utopia's quite another land; In her enterprising movements, She is England--with improvements

— W. S. Gilbert

Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.

— W. S. Gilbert

every Jack He must study the knack If he wants to make sure of his Jill!

— W. S. Gilbert

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

— W. S. Gilbert

All bayonets are bad.

— W. S. Gilbert