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

Quote by Douglas Jerrold

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

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

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

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...

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of...

A conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon out of...

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

What troubles me is not that movie stars run for office, but that they find...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult...

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own,...

Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine,...

Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine,...

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on....

The trouble is that too often there is forty horsepower under the bonnet and one...

The trouble is that too often there is forty horsepower under the bonnet and one...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that...

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour