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Jerome K Jerome Quotes

I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee Picture Quote #1

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 boat-loads of them; but I never met a man yet, on land, who had ever known at all what it was to be sea-sick. Where the thousands upon thousands of bad sailors that swarm in every ship hide themselves when they are on land is a mystery Picture Quote #1

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 foolish Picture Quote #1

Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he’d let her know in time, so that she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done Picture Quote #1

We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can’t do without Picture Quote #1

Now, I’m not like that. I can’t sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can’t help it Picture Quote #1

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Idling has always been my strong point. I take no credit to myself in the matter-it is a gift Picture Quote #1

Love is too pure a light to burn long among the noisome gases that we breathe, but before it is choked out we may use it as a torch to ignite the cozy fire of affection Picture Quote #1

I do like cats. They are so unconsciously amusing. There is such a comic dignity about them, such a

All the hate and scorn and love of a deep nature, such as the shy man is ever cursed by, fester and corrupt within, instead of spending themselves abroad, and sour him into a misanthrope and cynic Picture Quote #1

Let us gather together in the great cities, and light huge bonfires of a million gas-jets, and shout and sing together, and feel brave Picture Quote #1

That is the only way to get a kettle to boil up the river. If it sees that you are waiting for it and are anxious, it will never even sing. You have to go away and begin your meal, as if you were not going to have any tea at all. You must not even look round at it. Then you will soon hear it sputtering away, mad to be made into tea Picture Quote #1

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The truth is, we each of us have an inborn conviction that the whole world with everybody and everything in it, was created as a sort of necessary appendage to ourselves Picture Quote #1

Throw the lumber over, man! Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing Picture Quote #1

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, and knock a man over at two hundred yards Picture Quote #1

No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty-to the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many a brave gentleman who would have faced the labors of Hercules has had his heart broken by its petty miseries Picture Quote #1

Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before Picture Quote #1

Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes - some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world - some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint Picture Quote #1

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The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness Picture Quote #1

Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,

It is a most remarkable thing. I sat down with the full intention of writing something clever and original; but for the life of me I can't think of anything clever and original--at least, not at this moment Picture Quote #1

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing Picture Quote #1

And we would all try to do it in our heads, and all arrive at different results, and sneer at one another Picture Quote #1

It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to stay at. The heroine of a modern novel is always “divinely tall,” and she is ever “drawing herself up to her full height.” At the “Barley Mow” she would bump her head against the ceiling each time she did this Picture Quote #1

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If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad Picture Quote #1

Nobody ever loved as he loves, and so, of course, the rest of the world's experience can be no guide in his case Picture Quote #1

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 nobler qualities. It is in our follies that we are at one Picture Quote #1

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 for a great deal. Because if you don't you won't get any Picture Quote #1

To tell you the truth - mind, this is strictly between ourselves, please; I shouldn't like your wife to know I said it - the women folk don't understand these things; but between you and me, you know, I think it does a man good to swear Picture Quote #1

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. She said I had no business to have such feelings Picture Quote #1

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I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid's knee (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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 boat-loads of them; but I never met a man yet, on land, who had ever known at all what it was to be sea-sick. Where the thousands upon thousands of bad sailors that swarm in every ship hide themselves when they are on land is a mystery (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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 foolish (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Aunt Maria would mildly observe that, next time Uncle Podger was going to hammer a nail into the wall, she hoped he’d let her know in time, so that she could make arrangements to go and spend a week with her mother while it was being done (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can’t do without (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Now, I’m not like that. I can’t sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can’t help it (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Idling has always been my strong point. I take no credit to myself in the matter-it is a gift (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Love is too pure a light to burn long among the noisome gases that we breathe, but before it is choked out we may use it as a torch to ignite the cozy fire of affection (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) I do like cats. They are so unconsciously amusing. There is such a comic dignity about them, such a "How dare you!" "Go away, don't touch me" sort of air (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) All the hate and scorn and love of a deep nature, such as the shy man is ever cursed by, fester and corrupt within, instead of spending themselves abroad, and sour him into a misanthrope and cynic (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Let us gather together in the great cities, and light huge bonfires of a million gas-jets, and shout and sing together, and feel brave (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) That is the only way to get a kettle to boil up the river. If it sees that you are waiting for it and are anxious, it will never even sing. You have to go away and begin your meal, as if you were not going to have any tea at all. You must not even look round at it. Then you will soon hear it sputtering away, mad to be made into tea (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) The truth is, we each of us have an inborn conviction that the whole world with everybody and everything in it, was created as a sort of necessary appendage to ourselves (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Throw the lumber over, man! Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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, and knock a man over at two hundred yards (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty-to the poor. It is hell upon earth to a sensitive man; and many a brave gentleman who would have faced the labors of Hercules has had his heart broken by its petty miseries (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes - some half-forgotten nook, hidden away by the fairies, out of reach of the noisy world - some quaint-perched eyrie on the cliffs of Time, from whence the surging waves of the nineteenth century would sound far-off and faint (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it conveys, as in its simple truthfulness (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago," has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) It is a most remarkable thing. I sat down with the full intention of writing something clever and original; but for the life of me I can't think of anything clever and original--at least, not at this moment (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need-a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) And we would all try to do it in our heads, and all arrive at different results, and sneer at one another (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to stay at. The heroine of a modern novel is always “divinely tall,” and she is ever “drawing herself up to her full height.” At the “Barley Mow” she would bump her head against the ceiling each time she did this (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) If he were a man of strong mind, it only gave him fits; but a person of mere average intellect it usually sent mad (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) Nobody ever loved as he loves, and so, of course, the rest of the world's experience can be no guide in his case (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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 nobler qualities. It is in our follies that we are at one (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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 for a great deal. Because if you don't you won't get any (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) To tell you the truth - mind, this is strictly between ourselves, please; I shouldn't like your wife to know I said it - the women folk don't understand these things; but between you and me, you know, I think it does a man good to swear (Jerome K Jerome Quotes) 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. She said I had no business to have such feelings (Jerome K Jerome Quotes)

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