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.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Over, Ashamed, Though, Despised
I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Nature, Middle, Soothing, Weed
Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Idleness, Like, Kisses, Stolen
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.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Own, Mold, Bound, Blow
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
Sad, Always, Side, Humorous
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.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Love, Beginning, Young, Storms
I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Work, Like, Hours, Fascinates
What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Funny, I Am, Looking, Blessing
There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Fun, Doing, Nothing, No Fun
One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Enjoy, Values, Discover, Timeless
People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Cheaper, Contented, Very, Obtained
Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Love, Moving On, Through, Love Is
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Truth, Always, Exceptionally, The Best Policy
If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Rest, Contented, Grumble, Foolish
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
Sympathy, Other, Follies, Failings
A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Responsibility, Other, Loud, Noise
Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Wear, Finest, Conceit, Armour
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.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Down, Died, Drawbacks, Funeral
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.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Disease, Patent, Read, Advertisement
Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Shadow, World, Eternity, Background
We drink one another's health and spoil our own.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Health, Own, Another, Spoil
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Work, Unless, Idling, Thoroughly
It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Love, Stupid, More, Pleasant
The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.
- Jerome K. Jerome
Government, Always, Like, Weather
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