Douglas William Jerrold

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

Quotes

 * 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).