Jerome K Jerome Quotes

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

work enjoy impossible

Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.

present poor angels company find precious state

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

truth good liar speak

It must be eight years since I last saw Joseph Taboys. How pleasant it would be to meet his jovial face again, to clasp his strong hand, and to hear his cheery laugh once more! He owes me 14 shillings, too.

friendship debt

(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices all around them--the soft singing of the waters, the wisperings of the river grass, the music of the rushing wind--should not have taught them a truer meaning of life than this. They listened there, through the long days, in silence, waiting for a voice from heaven; and all day long and through the solemn night it spoke to them in myriad tones, and they heard it not.

nature religion god

What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over

funny humour

1lb beefstak, with1pt bitter beerevery 6 hours.1 ten-mile walk every morning.1 bed at 11 sharp every night. And don't stuff your head with things you don't understand.

funny medical british humour

We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

life wisdom