“A poor gasping, blushing creature, with trembling knees and twitching hands, is a painful sight to every one, and if it cannot cure itself, the sooner it goes and hangs itself the better.”

— Jerome K. Jerome , book Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886)

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English humorist 1859–1927

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