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One Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome
- I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne.
- Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.
- Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.
- 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…
- It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
- One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
- It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles.
- Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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.
- We drink [to] one another's health and spoil our own.
- 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 drink one another's health and spoil our own.
- It is impossible to enjoy idlingthoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There isno fun in doing nothing whenyou have nothing to do.…
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