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Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
Douglas William Jerrold
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Douglas William Jerrold
Age: 54 †
Born: 1803
Born: January 1
Died: 1857
Died: January 1
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We are all slaves to the shining metal.
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What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
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After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.
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A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
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A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.
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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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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.
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Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.
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