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
funny humorous school
I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt much better ever since.
funny humorous aunt
Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her. She said I had no business to have such feelings.
funny sweet time
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
funny work humorous
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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.
funny stupid silly
It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
funny truth liars
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
faults follies
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.
law man
But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
health
We drink one another's health and spoil our own.
humorous lunch views
Cultivate," I said, "a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.
children mistake men
Too much of anything is a mistake, as the man said when his wife presented him with four new healthy children in one day. We should practice moderation in all matters.
cat iron pussy
I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat sticks up its tail in a rigid, cast-iron manner, arches its back, and wipes its nose up against my trousers; and all is gentleness and peace.