Jerome K. Jerome Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.”

“People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”

“It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.”

“It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.”

“If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.”

“Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.”

“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.”