Famous quotes containing the words sir william schwenck, schwenck gilbert, sir william, william, schwenck and/or gilbert:
“What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache’s ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“No soldier in that gallant band
Hid half as well as he did.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I love my fellow creatures—I do all the good I can —
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from behind— He found it less exciting.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I do all the good I can—
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!
And I can’t think why!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
If you listen to popular rumour;
From morning to night he’s so joyous and bright,
And he bubbles with wit and good humour!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)