Author: Douglas William Jerrold

Quotes

Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.

Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.

- Douglas William Jerrold

The sharp employ the sharp.

The sharp employ the sharp.

- Douglas William Jerrold

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

- Douglas William Jerrold

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

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

- Douglas William Jerrold

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

- 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 conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

- Douglas William Jerrold

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

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

- Douglas William Jerrold

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

- Douglas William Jerrold

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

- Douglas William Jerrold

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