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
life facts fiction
The facts of life are the impossibilities of fiction.
eye new-life walks
A new life begins for us with every second. Let us go forward joyously to meet it. We must press on, whether we will or not, and we shall walk better with our eyes before us than with them ever cast behind.
dog life-is interest
There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.
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.
life wise sometimes
Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.
life character literature
The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.
love inspirational life
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.
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.