All Jerome K. Jerome Quotes
- Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the… Best
- I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee. Conclude
- I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck. Crawled
- It is a curious fact, but nobody ever is sea-sick - on land. At sea, you come across plenty of people very bad indeed, whole… Across
- Harris said, however, that the river would suit him to a "T." I don't know what a "T" is (except a sixpenny one, which includes… Ad
- I often arrive at quite sensible ideas and judgements, on the spur of the moment. It is when I stop to think that I become… Arrive
- I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally… Acrobatic
- He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks… Asks
- After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now,… Beneath
- We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of—but we never love again. Cherish
- In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two… All
- I will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the matter with me. Life is brief, and you might pass… Boy
- What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over Boat
- We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without. Funny
- It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch one another and find sympathy. We differ widely enough in our… Differ
- Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting. Inspirational
- 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, ask… Any
- Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her.… Answer
- If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics… All
- 1lb beefstak, with 1pt bitter beer every 6 hours. 1 ten-mile walk every morning. 1 bed at 11 sharp every night. And don't stuff your… Bed
- I don't understand German myself. I learned it at school, but forgot every word of it two years after I had left, and have felt… Better
- There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Exhausting
- We drink [to] one another's health and spoil our own. Drink
- 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… Each
- There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Fun