Author: Douglas William Jerrold

Quotes

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

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

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

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

- Douglas William Jerrold

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

- Douglas William Jerrold

The sharp employ the sharp.

The sharp employ the sharp.

- Douglas William Jerrold

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

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

- Douglas William Jerrold

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

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

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