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
land clouds rainbow
There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.
life character literature
The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.
wine men glasses
A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.
weather government hot-weather
The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
passion thinking tea
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions.
happiness fake-people humor
What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
falling-in-love wine play
Eat good dinners and drink good wine; read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays; fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love; but do not pore over influenza statistics.
thinking
We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.
funny work humorous
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
success work stress
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
funny dog silly
They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.
men thinking topics
If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do...
funny stupid silly
It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
sleep men priceless
It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never come back to him again - being wasted in a mere brutish sleep.