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

Quote by Jerome K Jerome

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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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow...

We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow...

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.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them...

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them...

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...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

The most important thing for us is to save lives.

The most important thing for us is to save lives.