There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“It is a most remarkable thing. I sat down with the full intention of writing something clever and original; but for the… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he’d… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“Will it be the same in the future? Will the prized treasures of to-day always be the cheap trifles of the day… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the matter with me. Life is brief, and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
In the future there are going to be no pretty girls, for the simple reason there will be no plain girls against… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“He would use a bit of string this time, and at the critical moment, when the old fool was leaning over the… — 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
“She saw the London of the future. Not the vision popular just then: a soaring whirl of machinery in motion, of moving… — 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
