Jerome K. Jerome Quotes

• What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

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• It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

  Jerome K. Jerome

• I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Topics in Humor, Life

• It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

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• It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

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  Topics in Humor, Work

• I want a house that has gotten over all its troubles; I don’t want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Topics in Work

Jerome K. Jerome (32)

Birth:	2nd May, 1859
Death:	14th June, 1927
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Author, Humorist, Novelist

About

Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, Staffordshire, England. He was an English author, humourist and novelist. He wrote several novels include: Three Men in a Boat, Diary of a Pilgrimage, Three Men on the Bummel, Paul Kelver, and All Roads Lead To Calvary. He wrote other books include: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (collection of essays), Told After Supper, The Angel and the Author (essays), and My Life and Times (memoir).

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