WIST Quotations

Jerrold, Douglas -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

We love peace, as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man, than war is destructive to his material body. Chains are worse than bayonets.

Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) English playwright and humorist
(Attributed)
(Source)

In Blanchard Gerrold (ed.), Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's Wit (1858)

Jerrold, Douglas -- A Man Made of Money, ch. 21 (1849)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Taking off his hat and smoothing the wrinkles of his brow, Topps said, ‘Humph! what is dogmatism? Why, it is this, of course: dogmatism is puppyism come to its full growth.’

Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) English playwright and humorist
A Man Made of Money, ch. 21 (1849)
(Source)

Variations / paraphrases found elsewhere:

"Dogmatism is puppyism full grown."
"Dogmatism is puppyism gone to seed."

Jerrold, Douglas -- Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, Lecture 23 (1866)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Yes, it’s all very well to talk about fortunes made in no time: they’re like shirts made in no time — it’s ten to one if they hang long together.

Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) English playwright and humorist
Mrs. Caudle’s Curtain Lectures, Lecture 23 (1866)
(Source)

Jerrold, Douglas -- The History of St. Giles and St. James, ch. 15 (1845)

Dave — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:35:40 +0000

To reform man was a tedious and uncertain labor: now hanging was the sure work of a minute.

Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) English playwright and humorist
The History of St. Giles and St. James, ch. 15 (1845)