Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away. Jerome K. Jerome More Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome More Quotes From Jerome K. Jerome One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. Jerome K. Jerome things-in-lifeappreciationinspirational The weather is like the government, always in the wrong. Jerome K. Jerome hot-weathergovernmentweather 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 should practice moderation in all matters. Jerome K. Jerome mistakemenchildren It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions. Jerome K. Jerome passionteathinking It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form. Jerome K. Jerome patentsmedicinesuffering Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs. Jerome K. Jerome fourdogfunny The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be. Jerome K. Jerome fashiontastedresses Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another. Jerome K. Jerome one-directiongainsbalance 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 thinking There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right - except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country. Jerome K. Jerome rely-uponcountrythinking Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting. Jerome K. Jerome triflesmerepoor But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. Jerome K. Jerome knowingwantweather After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity! Jerome K. Jerome starseyewings I want a house that has got 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 househomelife I don't know why it should be, I am sure; but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up, maddens me. Jerome K. Jerome insomniasleepmen Let us play the game of life as sportsmen, pocketing our winnings with a smile, leaving our losings with a shrug. Jerome K. Jerome gameswinningplay 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 pocketsmenhands 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 judgementideasthinking Ambition is only vanity ennobled. Jerome K. Jerome vanityambition 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 them. Of late I have done some systematic reading of ladies papers. The plain girl submits to a course of "treatment." In eighteen months she bursts upon Society an acknowledged beauty. Jerome K. Jerome girlbeautyfunny
