Quotes by Jerome, Jerome K.

It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch ea >>

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

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entire >>

Quotations about Shyness

The bashful are always aggressive at heart. >>

Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. >>

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the han >>

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.

Jerome, Jerome K.