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

Quote by Douglas Jerrold

Topics: Agriculture Quotes, Earth Quotes

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

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

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

Earth is here so kind [Australia], that just tickle her with a hoe and she...

Earth is here so kind [Australia], that just tickle her with a hoe and she...

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

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

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky.

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

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

Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader

Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader

We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive...

We love peace, but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive...

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

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

What would women do if they could not cry? What poor, defenseless creatures they would...

What would women do if they could not cry? What poor, defenseless creatures they would...

Everywhere in the world, men place all or most of the burden of raising children...

Everywhere in the world, men place all or most of the burden of raising children...

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is...

Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I...

Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I...

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another...

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another...

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...

If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of...