I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Appearance, not reality, is what the clever dog grasps at in these clever days. We spurn the dull-brown solid earth; we build… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“All the hate and scorn and love of a deep nature, such as the shy man is ever cursed by, fester and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty—to the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Truth and fact are old-fashioned and out-of-date, my friends, fit only for the dull and vulgar to live by. Appearance, not reality,… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature. Mother Earth looks at us with such dull, soulless eyes, when the sunlight has died away… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“A solemn sadness reigns. A great peace is around us. In its light our cares of the working day grow small and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“I like idling when I ought not to be idling; not when it is the only thing I have to do. Thatis… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
We want everything. All the happiness that earth and heaven are capable of bestowing. Creature comforts, and heart and soul comforts also;… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Yet there is no gainsaying but that it must have been somewhat sweeter in that dewy morning of creation, when it was… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“George goes to sleep at a bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“He would use a bit of string this time, and at the critical moment, when the old fool was leaning over the chair at… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
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… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“There was no ground-floor — its ground-floor belonged to a house in the next court, and the front door opened direct upon a flight… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“I can understand the ignorant masses loving to soak themselves in drink—oh, yes, it's very shocking that they should, of course—very shocking to us… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“And we sit there, by its margin, while the moon, who loves it too, stoops down to kiss it with a sister’s kiss, and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“The only feeling that a closer intimacy has created in him for his wife is that of indulgent contempt. As there is no equality… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest; and if you can do with a little,… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
“You can never rouse Harris. There is no poetry about Harris- no wild yearning for the unattainable. Harris never "weeps, he knows not why."… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share
