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.

Quote by Jerome K Jerome

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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.

Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.

It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an...

It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without...

It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and...

But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and...