Douglas Jerrold's Wit, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Famous Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
Ugly Trades, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image."”
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 257.
“Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.”
Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in it malice.”
Shakespeare Grog, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.”
A Land of Plenty, regarding Australia, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Douglas William Jerrold Quotes
“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”
Books, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.”
Meeting Troubles half-way, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“That questionable superfluity—small beer.”
The Tragedy of the Till, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.”
The Husbandman's Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.”
A matter-of-fact Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.”
The Anglo-French Alliance, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.”
A comic Author, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.”
Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.”
Douglas Jerrold's Wit, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.”
A charitable Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
