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 More Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome More Quotes From Jerome K. Jerome "Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!" Jerome K. Jerome journalismfunnyheaven It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over. Jerome K. Jerome povertymenworld Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance. Jerome K. Jerome ironevilplay The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes her pleasures in sadness itself. Jerome K. Jerome sadnesshumorousfunny We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself. Jerome K. Jerome weathermen The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous. Jerome K. Jerome revengemenpeople It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit. Jerome K. Jerome effortsaintmen It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty. Jerome K. Jerome fourteenashamedboys There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog. Jerome K. Jerome interestdoglife-is 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. Jerome K. Jerome mistakelyingpeople Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away. Jerome K. Jerome failingworksleep We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment. Jerome K. Jerome moralitycarewatches I did not intend to write a funny book, at first. I did not know I was a humorist. I have never been sure about it. In the middle ages, I should probably have gone about preaching and got myself burnt or hanged. Jerome K. Jerome agewritingbook Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear. Jerome K. Jerome finestconceitmen What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend it for any useful purposes whatever. All I can suggest is that when you get tired of reading "the best hundred books," you may take this for half an hour. It will be a change. Jerome K. Jerome tiredreadingbook I could not conjure up one melancholy fancy upon a mutton chop and a glass of champagne. Jerome K. Jerome fancyglasseswine I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed. Jerome K. Jerome marijuanaweednature 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 fiftygivingyears Think of the man who first tried German sausage. Jerome K. Jerome sausagementhinking A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it. Jerome K. Jerome cathumanityanimal
