278 Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting.

Nature was beautiful, even in her tears

It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

Packing is one of those many things that I feel I know more about than any other person living. (It surprises me myself, sometimes, how many of these subjects there are.)

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.

If he didn`t want his opinion,why did he ask for it?

No, what was said in his case was that he, who didn't care for carved oak, should have his drawing-room panelled with it, while people who do care for it have to pay enormous prices to get it. It seems to be the rule of this world. Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people has what he does want. (Chapter VI)

Will it be the same in the future? Will the prized treasures of today be the cheap trifles of the day before? (Chapter VI)

I daresay that was only river water, if we had known. But we did not know, so it was alright. What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over. (Chapter XII)