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