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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.
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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Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
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Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory or fire and brimstone.
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Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
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