19 ordspråk av Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome
A baby is an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other
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A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
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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.
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Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
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If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
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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 a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I am suffering from the particular disease therein dealt with in its most virulent form.
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It is always good 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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Love is like the measles, we all have to go through it.
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One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
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