Cultivate a sense of humour. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good. Jerome K. Jerome More Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome More Quotes From 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 storm beautiful love 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 inspirational love life A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven. Jerome K. Jerome good-woman women heaven It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome truth liars funny Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous - almost of pedantic - veracity, that the experienced angler is seen. Jerome K. Jerome air mistake lying Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone. Jerome K. Jerome regret opportunity happiness 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 enough foolish littles He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him. Jerome K. Jerome wise dog friendship If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do. Jerome K. Jerome doe men thinking It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. Jerome K. Jerome stupid silly funny It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Jerome K. Jerome stress work success That is just the way with Memory; nothing that she brings to us is complete. She is a willful child; all her toys are broken. I remember tumbling into a huge dust-hole when a very small boy, but I have not the faintest recollection of ever getting out again; and if memory were all we had to trust to, I should be compelled to believe I was there still. Jerome K. Jerome memories believe children What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise. Jerome K. Jerome fake-people humor happiness Eat good dinners and drink good wine; read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays; fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love; but do not pore over influenza statistics. Jerome K. Jerome falling-in-love wine play I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Jerome K. Jerome humorous work funny Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Jerome K. Jerome teenage-love measles love They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation. Jerome K. Jerome dog silly funny A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon. Jerome K. Jerome glasses wine men The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently. Jerome K. Jerome literature character life It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man's life - the priceless moments that will never come back to him again - being wasted in a mere brutish sleep. Jerome K. Jerome priceless sleep men
