RUTH: A paradox?
KING: A paradox! A most ingenious paradox! We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat this paradox!


The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance, Act II (p. 142), W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1976

Arthur Sullivan Quotes

RUTH: A paradox? KING: A paradox! A most ingenious paradox! We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat this paradox!

RUTH: A paradox? KING: A paradox! A most ingenious paradox! We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat this paradox!

RUTH: A paradox? KING: A paradox! A most ingenious paradox! We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat this paradox!

RUTH: A paradox? KING: A paradox! A most ingenious paradox! We've quips and quibbles heard in flocks, But none to beat this paradox!