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Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
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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England
Whitefeather
Barabbas
Doulgas Jerrold
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Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
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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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A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.
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Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
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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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