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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

Douglas William Jerrold

Funny, Humor, Garden

Of Australia. The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold (published 1859),'A Land of Plenty'.

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After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.

Douglas William Jerrold

Love, Wedding, Gowns

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.28

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God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.

Douglas William Jerrold

God, Men, Said

Douglas William Jerrold (1851). “St. Giles and St. James”, p.213

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Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.

Douglas William Jerrold

Wish, Easy, Pleasure

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.24

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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.

Douglas William Jerrold

Peace, Bayonets, Chains

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It takes all sorts of people to make a world.

Douglas William Jerrold

People, World, Underworld

"Story of a Feather", in "Punch", Volume V, p. 55, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 911-17, 1922.

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Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

Douglas William Jerrold

Funny, Marriage, Wine

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The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.

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Language, Should, Luminous

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Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

Douglas William Jerrold

Happiness, Happy, Gratitude

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.168

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What a fine-looking thing is war!
Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about it,--what is it, nine times out of ten, but murder in uniform!

Douglas William Jerrold

Song, War, Gold

Douglas William Jerrold (1846). “The Chronicles of Clovernook: With Some Account of the Hermit of Bellyfulle”, p.142

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Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Douglas William Jerrold

Patience, Strong, Despair

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.134

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A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

Douglas William Jerrold

Morning, Men, World

Douglas William Jerrold (1858). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's Wit: Together with Selections, Chiefly from His Contributions to Journals, Intended to Illustrate His Opinions”, p.201

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Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.

Douglas William Jerrold

Rogues, Lost

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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 with a great deal of enjoyment.

Douglas William Jerrold

Jobs, Work, People

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Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

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People, Lasts, Reputation

Douglas William Jerrold (1860). “The Brownrigg Papers”, p.394

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In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

Douglas William Jerrold

Funny, Truth, Waiting

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.41

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If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.

Douglas William Jerrold

Snakes, Creeps, Slander

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.55

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A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own.

Douglas William Jerrold

Book, Blessed, Heart

"A Man Made of Money".

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There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

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People, Religion, Good Man

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The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

Douglas William Jerrold

Men, May, Attorney

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.140

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Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

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Self, Law, Defense

"Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". Book by John Bartlett, 10th ed, 1919.

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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

Men, Two, Debt

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.40

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Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.

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Nice, Fancy, Modesty

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Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

Douglas William Jerrold

Causes, Misery, Kind

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Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

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Grumbling, Trouble, Deserve

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Born: January 3, 1803
Died: June 8, 1857
Occupation: Dramatist
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