Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jeromewas an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 May 1859
dream men sea
There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except in dreams.
land clouds rainbow
There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get used to something hard.
funny dog silly
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.
happiness fake-people humor
What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
blow men diversity
We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.
love love-is love-is-like
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
imagination fisherman should
I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination
children mistake men
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.
hands games skills
Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of.
sleep insomnia men
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.
knowing weather want
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.
medicine suffering disease
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.
friendship wise dog
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.
poor trifles known
Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.