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
people would-be might
Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.
business people doe
People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.
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
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.
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.
clever hate people
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.
happiness fake-people humor
What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
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.