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Men Quotes by Douglas William Jerrold
- A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
- 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…
- That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.
- Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.
- 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…
- There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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