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## 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.

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