67 Quotes by W.S. Gilbert

I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.

It isn’t so much what’s on the table that matters, as what’s on the chairs.

It’s love that makes the world go round.

After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as a Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides, on the whole, the most satisfactory description of ruler – an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

No good play is a success; fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years to suit the public taste, and I should know.

Things are seldom what they seem.

It is a glorious thing To be a Pirate King.

I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly.