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Douglas Jerrold

Douglas Jerrold

English journalist and playwright

Lived from: 1803 - 1857

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 3 january 1803 Died: 8 june 1857

  • Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
  • Love's like the measles; all the worse when it comes late in life.

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  • He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
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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.
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  • Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
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  • Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.
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  • He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing, but a supply of toothpicks.
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  • In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.
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  • Love's like the measles; all the worse when it comes late in life.
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  • Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
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  • Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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  • Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.
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  • Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
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  • Some people are so fond of bad luck they run half way to meet it.
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  • The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
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  • The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
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  • The sharp employ the sharp.
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  • The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
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  • There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
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  • There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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  • Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.
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What are the most famous quotes from Douglas Jerrold?

The two most famous quotes from Douglas Jerrold are:

  • "He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain."
  • "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."

When did Douglas Jerrold live?

Douglas Jerrold was born in 1803 and died in the year 1857.