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Jest Quotes

Judge of a jest when you have done laughing Picture Quote #1

It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting Picture Quote #1

Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest Picture Quote #1

I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest Picture Quote #1

Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire Picture Quote #1

Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest Picture Quote #1

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Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, sure the most bitter is a scornful jest Picture Quote #1

I was three. My father in jest said that he’d tell the doctor to give me a shot if I didn’t behave. Good heavens, I have a mental picture of the living room and the doctor approaching the door. I was terrified Picture Quote #1

Remember Henry Adam’s jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? Picture Quote #1

Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion Picture Quote #1

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest Picture Quote #1

It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die Picture Quote #1

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Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it Picture Quote #1

Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing Picture Quote #1

The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another Picture Quote #1

I say that in jest a little bit, but Donald Trump is a blue collar guy with a balance sheet. That’s the way he likes to have fun Picture Quote #1

All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man’s matters is neither rime nor reason Picture Quote #1

Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed Picture Quote #1

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If you give a jest, take one. Let all your jokes be truly jokes. Jesting sometimes ends in sad earnest Picture Quote #1

Heaven to me’s a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth’s jest a dusty road Picture Quote #1

The hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded Picture Quote #1

A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man’s comfort and inspiration is another’s jest and scorn Picture Quote #1

If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips Picture Quote #1

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly Picture Quote #1

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Created half to rise, and half to fall; great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; the glory, jest, and riddle of the world! Picture Quote #1

His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it Picture Quote #1

He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain Picture Quote #1

A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile often frightens away a prude; but when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter advances Picture Quote #1

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief Picture Quote #1

As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest Picture Quote #1

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Judge of a jest when you have done laughing (Jest Quotes) It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting (Jest Quotes) Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest (Jest Quotes) I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest (Jest Quotes) Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire. (Jest Quotes) Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest (Jest Quotes) Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, sure the most bitter is a scornful jest (Jest Quotes) I was three. My father in jest said that he’d tell the doctor to give me a shot if I didn’t behave. Good heavens, I have a mental picture of the living room and the doctor approaching the door. I was terrified. (Jest Quotes) Remember Henry Adam’s jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? (Jest Quotes) Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion (Jest Quotes) Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest (Jest Quotes) It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die (Jest Quotes) Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it (Jest Quotes) Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing. (Jest Quotes) The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another (Jest Quotes) I say that in jest a little bit, but Donald Trump is a blue collar guy with a balance sheet. That’s the way he likes to have fun. (Jest Quotes) All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man’s matters is neither rime nor reason (Jest Quotes) Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed (Jest Quotes) If you give a jest, take one. Let all your jokes be truly jokes. Jesting sometimes ends in sad earnest (Jest Quotes) Heaven to me’s a fair blue stretch of sky, Earth’s jest a dusty road (Jest Quotes) The hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded (Jest Quotes) A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man’s comfort and inspiration is another’s jest and scorn (Jest Quotes) If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips (Jest Quotes) If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly (Jest Quotes) Created half to rise, and half to fall; great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; the glory, jest, and riddle of the world! (Jest Quotes) His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it (Jest Quotes) He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain (Jest Quotes) A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile often frightens away a prude; but when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter advances (Jest Quotes) To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief (Jest Quotes) As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest (Jest Quotes)

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