British - Composer | November 18, 1836 - May 29, 1911
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast.
William Gilbert
OpinionThinkDirtyBeastHimHe
My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.
FamilyPrideHelpBornSomething
Man is nature's sole mistake.
NatureManMistakeSole
You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.
MyselfOpinionYouPoorDeserveHow
We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely.
FearYouWillNeverHangMost
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
TrustMeWorldChanceWishYou
When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.
EveryoneSomebodyAnybodyThen
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.
MoralsMannersHeMethodist
The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.
WarHouseNothingPeersWellDid
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
MyselfPoliticsThinkingThought
And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
MyselfThinkingThoughtPartyNever
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
OpinionsStrongerDiscoveryHidden
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict William Gilbert quotes