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Quotes from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed — W. S. Gilbert

1836–1911 England

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Ah, take one consideration with another
A policeman's lot is not a happy one!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite
And the crew of the captain's gig.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Roll on, thou ball, roll on
Through pathless realms of space,
Roll on!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

I love my fellow-creatures, I do all the good I can,
Yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man
And I can't think why!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Life's a pudding full of plums;
Care's a canker that benumbs,
Wherefore waste our elocution
On impossible solution?
Life's a pleasant institution,
Let us take it as it comes!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Bad language or abuse
I never, never use,
Whatever the emergency;
Though "Bother it" I may
Occasionally say,
I never use a big, big D-

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

It's true I've got no shirts to wear,
It's true my butcher's bill is due,
It's true my prospects all look blue,
But don't let that unsettle you!
Never you mind!
Roll on!
(It rolls on.)

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: W. S. Gilbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.