He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Rain, Shower, Over, Duck
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Happiness, Grows, Gardens, Picked
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Like, Hang, No Time, Fortunes
There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Living, His, Material, Manhood
Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Glass, Like, Properly, Wine
Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Luck, Meet, Some, Fond
The sharp employ the sharp.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Leadership, Employ, Sharp
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Woman, Hit, Take, Surest Way
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Sports, Only, Ever, Athletic
The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Best, England, Know, France
Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Heart, Religion, Knees
We love peace, but not peace at any price.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Love, Peace, Any, Price
Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.
- Douglas William Jerrold
Love, Late, Like, Measles
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