Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
Douglas William Jerrold
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Douglas William Jerrold
Age: 54 †
Born: 1803
Born: January 1
Died: 1857
Died: January 1
Author
Dramatist
Writer
London
England
Whitefeather
Barabbas
Doulgas Jerrold
Little
Like
Picturesque
Ragged
Gypsy
Literature
Littles
More quotes by Douglas William Jerrold
The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
Douglas William Jerrold
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
Douglas William Jerrold
Rogues are prone to find things before they are lost.
Douglas William Jerrold
Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
Douglas William Jerrold
Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
Douglas William Jerrold
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
Douglas William Jerrold
O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.
Douglas William Jerrold
There are some people as obtuse in recognizing an argument as they are in appreciating wit. You couldn't drive it into their heads with a hammer.
Douglas William Jerrold
The sharp employ the sharp.
Douglas William Jerrold
Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.
Douglas William Jerrold
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
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
Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.
Douglas William Jerrold
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.
Douglas William Jerrold
Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
Douglas William Jerrold
Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
Douglas William Jerrold
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Douglas William Jerrold
A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.
Douglas William Jerrold
Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
Douglas William Jerrold
After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
Douglas William Jerrold
