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Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Nothing is easier to write than scenery; nothing more difficult and unnecessary to read. Nothing is easier to write than scenery; nothing more difficult and unnecessary to read.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Throw the lumber over, man! Throw the lumber over, man!
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Leave me, before I get over the wall & slay you. Leave me, before I get over the wall & slay you.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: There is no pathos in real misery, no luxury in real grief. There is no pathos in real misery, no luxury in real grief.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Nature was beautiful, even in her tears Nature was beautiful, even in her tears
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The mildest tempered people, when on land, become violent and blood-thirsty when in a boat. The mildest tempered people, when on land, become violent and blood-thirsty when in a boat.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: If my name was on a serious work like this it would never get fair treatment. They would all say I had tried to be funny and failed. If my name was on a serious work like this it would never get fair treatment. They would all say I had tried to be funny and failed.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: If he didn't want his opinion,why did he ask for it? If he didn't want his opinion,why did he ask for it?
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible. Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty. It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Has he been snatched up to heaven?" I queried. "They'd hardly have taken the pie too," said George. Has he been snatched up to heaven?" I queried. "They'd hardly have taken the pie too," said George.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people have what he does want. Married Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people have what he does want. Married
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A boy's muscles move quicker than his thoughts. A boy's muscles move quicker than his thoughts.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: George goes to sleep at a bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside at two. George goes to sleep at a bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside at two.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck. I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: As our means increase, so do our desires;and we ever stand midway between the two. As our means increase, so do our desires;and we ever stand midway between the two.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It always is Christmas Eve, in a ghost story.("Introduction" to TOLD AFTER SUPPER) It always is Christmas Eve, in a ghost story.
("Introduction" to TOLD AFTER SUPPER)
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Give an average baby a fair chance, and if it doesn't do something it oughtn't to a doctor should be called in at once. Give an average baby a fair chance, and if it doesn't do something it oughtn't to a doctor should be called in at once.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about them.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I like a bit of fun myself. But not if you've got to pay for it. Where's the fun in that? I like a bit of fun myself. But not if you've got to pay for it. Where's the fun in that?
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it. A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It must have been worth while having a mere ordinary plague now and then in London to get rid of both the lawyers and the Parliament. It must have been worth while having a mere ordinary plague now and then in London to get rid of both the lawyers and the Parliament.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Life was not an idle dream to be gaped and yawned through, but a noble task, full of duty and stern work. Life was not an idle dream to be gaped and yawned through, but a noble task, full of duty and stern work.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is wonderful what an insight into domestic economy being really hard up gives one. It is wonderful what an insight into domestic economy being really hard up gives one.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: No man alive has more sound commonsense than I have, if only I were capable of listening to myself. Do No man alive has more sound commonsense than I have, if only I were capable of listening to myself. Do
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Idling has always been my strong point. Idling has always been my strong point.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It was quick work. He came, he saw, I conquered! It was quick work. He came, he saw, I conquered!
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one. It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Speak truth, and right will take care of itself. Speak truth, and right will take care of itself.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Ambition is only vanity ennobled. Ambition is only vanity ennobled.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I had a tame rat when I was a boy, and I loved that animal as only a boy would love an old water-rat I had a tame rat when I was a boy, and I loved that animal as only a boy would love an old water-rat
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be. The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe. We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: All is vanity and everybody's vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible. All is vanity and everybody's vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble. Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: And we would all try to do it in our heads, and all arrive at different results, and sneer at one another. And we would all try to do it in our heads, and all arrive at different results, and sneer at one another.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another. Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The more the other party thinks he's having his way, the easier always to get your own. The more the other party thinks he's having his way, the easier always to get your own.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The world must be rather a rough place for clever people. Ordinary folk dislike them, and as for themselves, they hate each other most cordially. The world must be rather a rough place for clever people. Ordinary folk dislike them, and as for themselves, they hate each other most cordially.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: as for exercise! why, you'll get more exercise, sitting down on that ship, than you would turning somersaults on dry land. as for exercise! why, you'll get more exercise, sitting down on that ship, than you would turning somersaults on dry land.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It all comes of being so attractive, as the old lady said when she was struck by lightning. It all comes of being so attractive, as the old lady said when she was struck by lightning.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked. Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago, has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday. Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago, has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: But we are so blind to our own shortcomings, so wide awake to those of others. Everything that happens to us is always the other person's fault. But we are so blind to our own shortcomings, so wide awake to those of others. Everything that happens to us is always the other person's fault.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: If I am guilty," said the Earl, "may this bread choke me when I eat it! If I am guilty," said the Earl, "may this bread choke me when I eat it!
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: We drink one another's health and spoil our own. We drink one another's health and spoil our own.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses. Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles. It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses. Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good. Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house. I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness. Its pages form the record of events that really happened. All that has been done Information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness. Its pages form the record of events that really happened. All that has been done
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Let us play the game of life as sportsmen, pocketing our winnings with a smile, leaving our losings with a shrug. Let us play the game of life as sportsmen, pocketing our winnings with a smile, leaving our losings with a shrug.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: "Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!" "Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!"
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: That's Harris all over - so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people. That's Harris all over - so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne. I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me. I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything. In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull. A Spaniard will seek to persuade you that the bull-ring is an institution got up chiefly for the benefit of the bull.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion. I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I answered that I thought he would never smile again. I answered that I thought he would never smile again.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Weather in towns is like a skylark in a counting-house-out of place and in the way. Weather in towns is like a skylark in a counting-house-out of place and in the way.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance. Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish. I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become foolish.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is in the petty details, not in the great results, that the interest of existence lies. It is in the petty details, not in the great results, that the interest of existence lies.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure it is no longer a When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure it is no longer a pain to them.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I had glanced half down the list of I had glanced half down the list of
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: What I'm looking for is a blessing not in disguise. What I'm looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board). Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board).
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company. Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: To be misunderstood is the shy man's fate on every occasion; and whatever impression he endeavors to create, he is sure to convey its opposite. To be misunderstood is the shy man's fate on every occasion; and whatever impression he endeavors to create, he is sure to convey its opposite.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Let us gather together in the great cities, and light huge bonfires of a million gas-jets, and shout and sing together, and feel brave. Let us gather together in the great cities, and light huge bonfires of a million gas-jets, and shout and sing together, and feel brave.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently. The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The facts of life are the impossibilities of fiction. The facts of life are the impossibilities of fiction.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon. A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit. It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Don't rely too much upon that unsteady flicker. Don't rely too much upon that unsteady flicker.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before. It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting. Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself. We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The greatest minds never realise their ideals in any matter; The greatest minds never realise their ideals in any matter;
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear. Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A boy's love comes from a full heart; a man's is more often the result of a full stomach. A boy's love comes from a full heart; a man's is more often the result of a full stomach.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise. Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven. A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: Resolutions were made for man, not man for resolutions. Resolutions were made for man, not man for resolutions.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: The weather is like the government, always in the wrong. The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
Jerome K. Jerome quotes: who weighs about twelve stone. who weighs about twelve stone.

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