W. S. Gilbert: Quotes about love

W. S. Gilbert was English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo. Explore interesting quotes on love.
W. S. Gilbert: 134   quotes 1   like

“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!”

W. S. Gilbert

The disagreeable Man (from Princess Ida).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Love , Thinking

“Heigh-dy! Heigh-dy!
Misery me, lack-a-day-dee!
He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
As he sighed for the love of a ladye!”

W. S. Gilbert

The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)

Love

“I know a youth who loves a little maid—
(Hey, but his face is a sight for to see!)
Silent is he, for he's modest and afraid
(Hey, but he's timid as a youth can be!)”

W. S. Gilbert

Ruddigore (1887)

Love , Youth

“I know what love is. There was a happy time when I didn't, but bitter experience has taught me.”

W. S. Gilbert

Patience (1881)

Love , Time , Happiness

“When maiden loves, she sits and sighs,
She wanders to and fro -
Unbidden tear-drops fill her eyes,
And to all questions she replies
With a sad "heigh ho!"”

W. S. Gilbert

The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)

Love , Sadness , Question , Tear

“So I fell in love with a rich attorney's Elderly, ugly daughter.”

W. S. Gilbert

Trial by Jury (1875)
Source: 1875, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353 (2005)

Daughters , Love