It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroug... by Jerome K. Jerome | We Heart Quotes

Work Author playwright Humorist Victorian era

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

- Jerome K. Jerome

Other quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

Time World

Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

- Jerome K. Jerome

Disease Suffering Being

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

Life

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

- Jerome K. Jerome

Joy Life Will

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

Sympathy

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

Crime Men Man World

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

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