Douglas Jerrold Quotes

A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

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• A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on his own pothooks.

  

  Douglas Jerrold
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  • Impale