Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
1803–1857 England
Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 – June 8, 1857) was an English dramatist and writer.
Also known as: Douglas Jerrold, Jerrold, Douglas William
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The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in it malice.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.
He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
It takes all sorts of people to make a world.
After all, there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.
The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's Wit (1858)
Self-defence is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason — the lawyers didn't make it.
Love's like the flies, and, drawing-room or garret, goes all over a house.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
Dogmatism is puppyism come to its full growth.
Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.