Animal Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

8 Animal quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

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Jerome’s animal quips dance with breezy wit, turning simple creatures into playful anecdotes that brighten the day.

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They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being…

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There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

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I saw a great Newfoundland dog the other day sitting in front of a mirror at the entrance to a shop in…

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He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the…

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A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious…

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“I had a tame rat when I was a boy, and I loved that animal as only a boy would love an…

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“Appearance, not reality, is what the clever dog grasps at in these clever days. We spurn the dull-brown solid earth; we build…

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Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.

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Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses.

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We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet…

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“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…

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“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…

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They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in…

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“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…

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“The only feeling that a closer intimacy has created in him for his wife is that of indulgent contempt. As there is no equality…

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Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance.

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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,…

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Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.

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“You can never rouse Harris. There is no poetry about Harris- no wild yearning for the unattainable. Harris never "weeps, he knows not why."…

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