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• Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- A Matter-of-fact Ma...
• He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- Douglas Jerrold's Wi...
• That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment. -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- A Comic Autho
• It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.
  For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time....
• As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in in malice.
  -- Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857) -- Shakespeare Grog...
• It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.
  For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time....
• Morris had been down on his luck for months, and, though not a devoutly religious man, had begun to visit the local synagogue to ask God's help.
  One week, out of desperation, he prayed, "God, I've been a good and decent man all my life....
• There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
  -- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...