21 Quotes & Sayings By Douglas Jerrold

Douglas Jerrold was a prolific writer of children's stories, satirist and satiric poet. He is perhaps best known for his series of short "Lecture on the Comic Muse," published from 1815 to 1822 in The London Magazine, which introduced the English speaking world to the comic art of Charles Dickens.

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Earth is here so kind that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglas Jerrold
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Love the sea? I dote upon it - from the beach. Douglas Jerrold
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My notion of a wife at forty is that a man should be able to change her like a banknote for two twenties. Douglas Jerrold
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A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that "ancient institution " the old one. Douglas Jerrold
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Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams. Douglas Jerrold
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Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time it's ten to one if they hang long together. Douglas Jerrold
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Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself. Douglas Jerrold
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Happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. Douglas Jerrold
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Some people's hearts are shrunk in them like dried nuts. You can hear 'em rattle as they walk. Douglas Jerrold
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Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life. Douglas Jerrold
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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 Jerrold
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Happiness grows at our firesides and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. Douglas Jerrold
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A Conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that ancient institution the old one. Douglas Jerrold
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A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment! Douglas Jerrold
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Quality not quantity is my measure. Douglas Jerrold
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The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now if I was a grave digger or even a hangman there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. Douglas Jerrold
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If slander be a snake it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps. Douglas Jerrold
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Honest bread is very well - it's the butter that makes the temptation. Douglas Jerrold
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Australia is so kind that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. Douglas Jerrold
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It takes all sorts of people to make a world. Douglas Jerrold