More quotes by Douglas William Jerrold
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.
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.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
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