Quote #12

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.

More from Douglas William Jerrold

  1. As for the brandy, 'nothing extenuate;' and the water, put nought in it malice.
  2. Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.
  3. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.
  4. That questionable superfluity-small beer.
  5. A blessed companion is a book,-a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.
  6. The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
  7. 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 …
  8. Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

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