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We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

Jerome K. Jerome

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Jerome K. Jerome
Age: 67 †
Born: 1859
Born: August 25
Died: 1927
Died: June 16
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West Midlands
Jerome Klapka Jerome
Jerome Klapta Jerome
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A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.
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Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their way, but we, poor mortals, in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.
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Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink for thirst is a dangerous thing.
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It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
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Idling has always been my strong point.
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Eat good dinners and drink good wine read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love but do not pore over influenza statistics.
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I like work it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
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Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.
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Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble.
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Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before. I have not a word to say against contented people so long as they keep quiet.
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