Creative Quotations from . . .
Jerome K. Jerome
(1859-1927) born on May 02
English author. "His warm, unsatirical, and unintellectual humour won him wide following, e.g., "Three Men in a Boat", 1889."
 
   
F
Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity.

R
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
A
"Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro [fisherman] can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous veracity, that the experienced angler is seen."
N
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
K
"It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R: ""Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow," "On Being Idle," 1889."
A: ""Three Men in a Boat," ch. 17, 1889."
N: ""Three Men in a Boat," ch. 15, 1889."
K: "In "Idler," Feb 1892."



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