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Douglas William Jerrold
16 quotes
“God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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 William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Douglas Jerrold's Wit, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take aim kneeling.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Douglas Jerrold's Wit, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A comic Author, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Anglo-French Alliance, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“The life of the husbandman,—a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Husbandman's Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meeting Troubles half-way, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Land of Plenty, regarding Australia, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“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.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ugly Trades, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Books, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A charitable Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in it malice.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A matter-of-fact Man, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Also quoted by: Douglas Jerrold
“That questionable superfluity—small beer.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).