English - Author | May 2, 1859 - June 14, 1927
Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
Jerome K. Jerome
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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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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 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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If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
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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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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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Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
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The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
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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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