Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome

British Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright

Lived from: 1859 - 1927

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 2 may 1859 Died: 14 june 1927

  • I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.
  • 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.

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  • I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
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  • I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.
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  • I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.
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  • If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby ''it.''
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  • It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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  • 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.
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  • It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
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  • 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.
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  • It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
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  • Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
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  • 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.
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  • The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Jerome K. Jerome?

The two most famous quotes from Jerome K. Jerome are:

  • "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart."
  • "I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed."

When did Jerome K. Jerome live?

Jerome K. Jerome was born in 1859 and died in the year 1927.