Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from W. S. Gilbert

W. S. Gilbert English librettist & writer of comic operettas (1836 - 1911)


W. S. Gilbert -
- Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream.

W. S. Gilbert - The Mikado, 1885
- My object all sublime I shall achieve in time...

W. S. Gilbert -
- Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.