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Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world. Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass. Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point. Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Quality, not quantity, is my measure. Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Love the sea? I dote upon itfrom the beach. Love the sea? I dote upon it
from the beach.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: That questionable superfluity small beer. That questionable superfluity small beer.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it. Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous. Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it. Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Humor is the harmony of the heart. Humor is the harmony of the heart.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor. Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The sharp employ the sharp. The sharp employ the sharp.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness. A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer. There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing. Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon. The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery. Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit. Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost. Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom. Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic. Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Nature designed us to be of good cheer. Nature designed us to be of good cheer.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Man owes two solemn debtsone to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first. Man owes two solemn debts
one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: A blessed companion is a booka book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend ... a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own. A blessed companion is a book
a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend ... a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous. The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Religion's in the heart, not in the knees. Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances. Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair. Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event. If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling. The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: We are all slaves to the shining metal. We are all slaves to the shining metal.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The best thing I know between France and England is the sea. The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain. He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world. The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there is the slime. Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there is the slime.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Religion is in the heart, not in the knees. Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: We love peace, but not peace at any price. We love peace, but not peace at any price.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself. Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime. Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together. Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family. I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be! What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Malice blunts the point of wit. Malice blunts the point of wit.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life. Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image. God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps. If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged. Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death. O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth. Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets. Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: In this world truth can wait; she is used to it. In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: I would like to have a second chance at my first love. I would like to have a second chance at my first love.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks. Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes,with a strong memory or fire and brimstone. Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes,
with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney. The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it. Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities. Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice. As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands. A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Gravity is more suggestive than convincing. Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time. That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: Self-defense 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.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
Douglas William Jerrold quotes: A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks. A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

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