Douglas William Jerrold

Douglas William Jerrold (January 3, 1803 – June 8, 1857) was an English dramatist and writer.

Douglas William Jerrold in 1853

Quotes

• 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.

• He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
  • Douglas Jerrold's Wit, 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).

• That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.
  • A comic Author, 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• 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).

• The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
  • Ugly Trades, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• 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).

• He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
  • A charitable Man, 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).

• Self-defence 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).

• 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).

• That questionable superfluity—small beer.
  • The Tragedy of the Till, 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).

External links

• Works by Douglas William Jerrold at Project Gutenberg
• Douglas Jerrold archives