Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
peace bayonets chains
Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
wise vote philanthropy
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
love peace peace-love
We love peace, but not peace at any price.
snakes creeps slander
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
voting vote election-day
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
would-be cry poor
What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
crime intoxication epitome
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.
snakes may thorns
Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake.
men two pay
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
quality moral etiquette
Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
men shows gentleness
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
gravity convincing
Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
grumbling trouble deserve
Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.
friendship golden golden-rule
Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.