On The Art of Making Up One's Mind
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in the unliterary grammar of life, where the future tense stands first, and the past is formed, not from the indefinite, but from the present indicative, "to have been" is "to be".
— Jerome K. Jerome
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About Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.
About Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.
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