"As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the……" — Douglas William Jerrold
"As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice."
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Douglas William Jerrold
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39 Quotes by Douglas William Jerrold
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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
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Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some…
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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
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In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
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The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
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He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply…
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A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours…
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We love peace, but not peace at any price.
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Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing.
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Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
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More Brandy Quotes
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all…
— Edmund Burke
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"Dr. Munro, sir," said he, "I am a walking museum. You could fit what ISN'T the matter with me on…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
— Samuel Johnson
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There was an Old Person of Brussels, Who lived upon Brandy and Mussels; When he rushed through the town, he…
— Edward Lear
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Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing…
— George Saintsbury
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Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must…
— James Boswell
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Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . .…
— Clark Gable
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I never turn down a drink. Among friends it’s always appropriate. A man is only a man as they say,…
— Sholom Aleichem
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About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and…
— Clement Freud
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