Jerome K. Jerome in: George Grossmith et al., Stop What You’re Doing and Read…To Make You Laugh: The Diary of a Nobody & Three Men in a Boat, Random House, 29 February 2012, p. 185 .
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But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.
— Jerome on Weather
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About Jerome
Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420), full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is canonized in all Christianity and recognized by the Vatican as a Doctor of the Church.
About Jerome
Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420), full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is canonized in all Christianity and recognized by the Vatican as a Doctor of the Church.
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