"Life is a thing to be lived, not……" — Jerome K. Jerome
"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 most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of."
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Jerome K. Jerome
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108 Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome has 108 quotes on this site.
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Ambition is only vanity ennobled.
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Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state,…
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Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
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