All Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
- Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Earth
- Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for… Deal
- Religion is in the heart, not in the knees. Heart
- In this world truth can wait; she is used to it. Truth
- The best thing I know between France and England is the sea. Best
- Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets. Any
- After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. All
- He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks. Famine
- 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. Blessed
- We love peace, but not peace at any price. Any
- Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing. Babies
- Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged. Gypsy
- A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims. Coquetry
- A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one. Ancient
- He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. Agriculture
- I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family. Bell
- As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice. Brandy
- The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous. Inspirational
- A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands. Bread
- Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach. Beach
- Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth. Full
- A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of… Armed
- Quality, not quantity, is my measure. Inspirational
- That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time. Advancement
- Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others. Beavers