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If I could live my life over again, there is one thing I would change. I would want to be able to eat less. Luciano Pavarotti		Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
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About Jerome Klapka Jerome

	Jerome Klapka Jerome
	(1859-1927) The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, 1889 - English humorist & playwright.

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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.

He is very imprudent, a dog; he never makes it his business to inquire whether you are in the right or the wrong, never asks whether you are rich or poor, silly or wise, sinner or saint. You are his pal. That is enough for him.

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.

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

I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.

'Nothing, so it seems to me,' said the stranger, 'is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life.... The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of of things longer.'

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

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

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