W. S. Gilbert Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest:
  Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers:
  Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest,
  And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!

  W. S. Gilbert

  Love, Lying, Memorable

  W. S. Gilbert, Ian C. Bradley (2016). “The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.499, Oxford University Press

• When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Lying, Indulge In, Anxiety

  'Iolanthe' (1882) act 2

• You must lie upon the daisies and discourse in novel phrases of complicated state of mind. The meaning doesn't matter if it's only idle chatter of a transcendental kind.

  W. S. Gilbert

  Lying, Mind, Phrases

  'Patience' (1881) act 1

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