Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
men steel wit
Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
song war gold
What a fine-looking thing is war! Yet, dress it as we may, dress and feather it, daub it with gold, huzza it, and sing swaggering songs about it,--what is it, nine times out of ten, but murder in uniform!
strong memories fire
Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.
beautiful children noise
Virtue is a beautiful thing in woman when they don't go about with it like a child with a drum making all sorts of noise with it.
first-love second-chance firsts
I would like to have a second chance at my first love.
water liquor brandy
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.
gambling funeral doe
I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.
agriculture sky soil
He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.
language should luminous
The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
medicine bread pills
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
moon men looks
A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.
employment
The sharp employ the sharp.
beach ocean sea
Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.
growth opinion dogmatism
Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.