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13 George, the Younger Colman Quotes

George, the Younger Colman presents playful absurdities about impossibility and grand tales.

George, the Younger Colman quotes

  1. On their own merits modest men are dumb.

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  2. And what 's impossible can't be, And never, never comes to pass.

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  3. Three stories high, long, dull, and old, As great lords' stories often are.

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  4. Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.

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  5. But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

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  6. When taken, To be well shaken.

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  7. Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.

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  8. O Miss Bailey! Unfortunate Miss Bailey!

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  9. 'T is a very fine thing to be father-in-law To a very magnificent three-tailed Bashaw!

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  10. I had a soul above buttons.

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  11. Mynheer Vandunck, though he never was drunk, Sipped brandy and water gayly.

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Also attributed

  1. Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver'.

  2. Mum's the word.