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
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.
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.
life wise sometimes
Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.
imagination fisherman should
I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination
strong
Idling has always been my strong point.
one-direction balance gains
Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.
boys ashamed wells
It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.
happiness fun occupation
There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one.
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.
life character literature
The advantage of literature over life is that its characters are clearly defined, and act consistently.
wine men glasses
A glass of wine often makes me a better man than hearing a sermon.
weather government hot-weather
The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
passion thinking tea
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.