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

Jerome K. Jerome

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Jerome K. Jerome

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."

Jerome K. Jerome

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.

Jerome K. Jerome

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.".

Jerome K. Jerome

Think of the man who first tried German sausage.

Jerome K. Jerome

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.

Jerome K. Jerome

Never look a gift horse in the mouth. [Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]

Saint Jerome

Quick enough, if good enough. [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Saint Jerome

Haste is of the Devil.

Saint Jerome

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?

Saint Jerome

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.

Jerome K. Jerome

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Jerome K. Jerome

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

Jerome K. Jerome

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.

Jerome K. Jerome

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.

Jerome K. Jerome

It is always the best policy to speak the truth-- unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Jerome K Jerome

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.

Jerome K. Jerome

I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

Jerome K. Jerome

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