"Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should……" — Douglas William Jerrold
"Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged."
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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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A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
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I'm from a Gypsy background!
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Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies,…
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My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
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I'm the original hunter-down-of-fabulous-things. Twenty years ago I sat down and decided that I would create a really wonderful image,…
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I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.
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I think I'll always be a theater gypsy at heart.
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Poets and painters are outside the class system, or rather they constitute a special class of their own, like the…
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A gypsy fire is on the hearth, Sign of the carnival of mirth; Through the dun fields and from the…
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