Quote#Wisdom
Ko-Ko: Well, a nice mess you've got us into, with your nodding head…
Quote byW. S. Gilbert · 1836–1911
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Mikado (1885).
English (original)
Ko-Ko: Well, a nice mess you've got us into, with your nodding head and the deference due to a man of pedigree! Pooh-Ba: Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
— W. S. Gilbert
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