Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jeromewas an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 May 1859
men weather
We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself.
voice people silence
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
men thinking firsts
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
mistake lying people
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake.
men world poverty
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.
oil cheese too-much
Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.
revenge men people
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.
inspirational appreciation things-in-life
One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
nature creating impossible
Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible.
want goods ifs
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.
dog humorous mirrors
I saw a great Newfoundland dog the other day sitting in front of a mirror at the entrance to a shop in Regent's Circus, and examining himself with an amount of smug satisfaction that I have never seen equaled elsewhere outside a vestry meeting.
country thinking two
There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right - except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country.
humorous sadness england
The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes her pleasures in sadness itself.
fashion taste dresses
The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be.