Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerrold
Douglas William Jerroldwas an English dramatist and writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth3 January 1803
would-be cry poor
What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!
voting vote election-day
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
snakes creeps slander
If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.
quality-not-quantity quality quantity
Quality, not quantity, is my measure.
growth opinion dogmatism
Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.
beach ocean sea
Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.
medicine bread pills
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
language should luminous
The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
water liquor brandy
As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.
nice fancy modesty
Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.
wit malice
Malice blunts the point of wit.
causes misery kind
Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.
agents world ink
The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.
heart humor harmony
Humor is the harmony of the heart.