It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Quote by Jerome K Jerome

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Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a...

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The...

Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The...

Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so...

Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so...

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.

The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the...

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the...

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want...

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want...

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy...

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy...

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes;...

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes;...

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

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

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were...

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were...

There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.

There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

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

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