Douglas William Jerrold Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Douglas William Jerrold:

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

Douglas William Jerrold

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Douglas William Jerrold

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

Douglas William Jerrold

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Douglas William Jerrold

In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

Douglas William Jerrold

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

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

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

Douglas William Jerrold

Love's like the measles - all the worse when it comes late in life.

Douglas William Jerrold

The sharp employ the sharp.

Douglas William Jerrold

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

Douglas William Jerrold

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of respect for that 'ancient institution' the old one.

Douglas William Jerrold

Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.

Douglas William Jerrold

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

Douglas William Jerrold