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Them Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome
- The world must be rather a rough place for clever people. Ordinary folk dislike them, and as for themselves, they hate each other most cordially.
- Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious…
- When a man or woman loves to brood over a sorrow and takes care to keep it green in their memory, you may be sure…
- Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs.
- You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the…
- In the future there are going to be no pretty girls, for the simple reason there will be no plain girls against which to contrast…
- Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles,…
- It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
- (Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices…
- 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…
- A new life begins for us with every second. Let us go forward joyously to meet it. We must press on, whether we will or…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster