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
one-direction balance gains
Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.
revenge men people
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.
oil cheese too-much
Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.
love-is weakness natural
Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses.
want goods ifs
There are the goods; if you want them, you can have them. If you do not want them, they would almost rather that you did not come and talk about them.
country thinking two
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.
nature creating impossible
Nature, always inartistic, takes pleasure in creating the impossible.
rivers doubt boards
Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board).
voice people silence
Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God
mistake lying people
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.
dream crowds cliffs
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.
sad fun humorous
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.
reading men healthy
I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.
cake rivers credit
Harris said, however, that the river would suit him to a "T." I don't know what a "T" is (except a sixpenny one, which includes bread-and- butter and cake AD LIB., and is cheap at the price, if you haven't had any dinner). It seems to suit everybody, however, which is greatly to its credit.