William S. Gilbert idézet

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The Pirates of Penzance (1879)

With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
"Oh, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
The Suicide's Grave (from The Mikado).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Forrás: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 354 (2005)

H.M.S. Pinafore (1878)
Forrás: 1878, HMS Pinafore, act 2, also quoted in Dictionary of Quotations, p. 353-354 (2005)

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

Actually an ad-lib introduced by Rutland Barrington when playing the rôle of Pooh-Bah, to the annoyance of Gilbert.
The Mikado (1885)