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"He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks."
Douglas Jerrold's Wit.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling."
Douglas Jerrold's Wit.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The nobleman of the garden."
The Pineapple.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment."
A Comic Author.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The best thing I know between France and England is the sea."
The Anglo-French Alliance.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The life of the husbandman,--a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven."
The Husbandman's Life.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it."
Meeting Troubles Half-way.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest."
A Land of Plenty [Australia].
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment."
Ugly Trades.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A blessed companion is a book,--a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend."
Books.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"There is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world."
A Wedding-gown.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad."
A Charitable Man.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate;" and the water, put nought in in malice."
Shakespeare Grog.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps."
A Matter-of-fact Man.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain