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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.

Douglas William Jerrold

Friendship, Golden, Golden Rule

Douglas William Jerrold (1842). “Bubbles of the Day: a comedy. [In five acts and in prose.]”, p.33

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Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

Douglas William Jerrold

Causes, Misery, Kind

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Grumblers deserve to be operated upon surgically; their trouble is usually chronic.

Douglas William Jerrold

Grumbling, Trouble, Deserve

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God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image.

Douglas William Jerrold

God, Men, Said

Douglas William Jerrold (1851). “St. Giles and St. James”, p.213

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The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.

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Men, May, Attorney

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.140

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Humor is the harmony of the heart.

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Heart, Humor, Harmony

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

Douglas William Jerrold

People, Religion, Good Man

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Wishes, at least, are the easy pleasures of the poor.

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Wish, Easy, Pleasure

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.24

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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.

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Moon, Men, Looks

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Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.

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Gravity, Convincing

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He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

Douglas William Jerrold

Life, Rain, Passion

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I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

Douglas William Jerrold

Gambling, Funeral, Sound

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If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.

Douglas William Jerrold

Earthquakes, Events, Rubbish

Quoted in Blanchard Jerrold The Life and Remains of Douglas Jerrold (1859), ch.14.

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Slugs crawl and crawl over our cabbages, like the world's slander over a good name. You may kill them, it is true; but there is the slime.

Douglas William Jerrold

Names, Slime, Slugs

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.146

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Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.

Douglas William Jerrold

Heart, Religion, Knees

1830 The Devil's Ducat, act 1, sc.2.

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The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

Douglas William Jerrold

Ink, Agents, World

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Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.

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Witty, Men, Fireworks

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.53

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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.

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Beautiful, Children, Noise

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A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.

Douglas William Jerrold

Morning, Men, World

Douglas William Jerrold (1858). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's Wit: Together with Selections, Chiefly from His Contributions to Journals, Intended to Illustrate His Opinions”, p.201

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Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.

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Literature, Littles, Gypsy

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Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.

Douglas William Jerrold

Jewels, Belief, Made

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.24

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We love peace, as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price.

Douglas William Jerrold

Love, Peace, Peace Love

"The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold".

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Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

Douglas William Jerrold

Men, Advice, Authorship

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.73

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As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

Douglas William Jerrold

Water, Liquor, Brandy

Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.34

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He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

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Sky, Agriculture, Soil

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Born: January 3, 1803
Died: June 8, 1857
Occupation: Dramatist
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