Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI
Add semantic quote search to your AI assistant via MCP. One command setup.
I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that … - W. S. Gilbert
" "I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule. Consequently, my family pride is something inconceivable. I can’t help it. I was born sneering.
English
Collect this quote
About W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist and librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his operatic collaborations with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Also Known As
Birth Name:
William Schwenck Gilbert
Alternative Names:
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
•
William S. Gilbert
•
William Schwenk Gilbert
•
Bab
•
Bab Gilbert
•
William Gilbert
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by W. S. Gilbert
Limited Time Offer
Premium members can get their quote collection automatically imported into their Quotewise collections.
On a tree by a river a little tomtit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow"
And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing ‘Willow, titwillow, titwillow?'.
"Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried,
"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?"
With a shake of his poor little head he replied,
"Oh, Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
Loading...