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Jest Quotes

Wit loses its respect with the good when seen in company with malice; and to smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief Picture Quote #1

A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it Picture Quote #1

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

Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has it's little hour, seriousness should have all the rest Picture Quote #1

I think I should have loved you presently, and given you in earnest words I flung in jest Picture Quote #1

If I depart from thee, I cannot live; and in thy sight to die, what were it else But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? To die by thee were but to die in jest; from thee to die were torture more than death Picture Quote #1

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Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? Picture Quote #1

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don’t compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest Picture Quote #1

If you are affronted, it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defendants Picture Quote #1

Others made jest of the missionary slogan, they came to a nation in darkness; they left it in light, by pointing out: Of course they left Hawaii lighter. They stole every goddamned thing that wasn't nailed down Picture Quote #1

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test Picture Quote #1

But whether unripe years did want conceit, or he refused to take her figured proffer, the tender nibbler would not touch the bait, but smile and jest at every gentle offer Picture Quote #1

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So that the jest is clearly to be seen, not in the words - but in the gap between; manner is all in all, whatever is writ, the substitute for genius, sense, and wit Picture Quote #1

A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing Picture Quote #1

Plautus has prepared himself for a life beyond the grave; the comic stage deserted weeps; laughter also and jest and joke; and poetic and prosaic will bewail his loss together Picture Quote #1

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification Picture Quote #1

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can’t buzz any slower Picture Quote #1

It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps Picture Quote #1

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The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest Picture Quote #1

Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made Picture Quote #1

What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and in reality not knowing their own minds Picture Quote #1

It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters... I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit Picture Quote #1

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

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent Picture Quote #1

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Of all the grief’s that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest Picture Quote #1

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory Picture Quote #1

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others Picture Quote #1

I also readily admit that there are animals, taken in the ordinary sense, that are incomparably larger than those we know of, and I have sometimes said in jest that there might be a system like ours which is the pocketwatch of some enormous giant Picture Quote #1

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit Picture Quote #1

Often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest Picture Quote #1

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Wit loses its respect with the good when seen in company with malice; and to smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief (Jest Quotes) A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it (Jest Quotes) Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; and now I know it (Jest Quotes) Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has it's little hour, seriousness should have all the rest (Jest Quotes) I think I should have loved you presently, and given you in earnest words I flung in jest (Jest Quotes) If I depart from thee, I cannot live; and in thy sight to die, what were it else But like a pleasant slumber in thy lap? To die by thee were but to die in jest; from thee to die were torture more than death (Jest Quotes) Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap-fallen? (Jest Quotes) Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don’t compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest (Jest Quotes) If you are affronted, it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defendants (Jest Quotes) Others made jest of the missionary slogan, they came to a nation in darkness; they left it in light, by pointing out: Of course they left Hawaii lighter. They stole every goddamned thing that wasn't nailed down (Jest Quotes) Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test (Jest Quotes) But whether unripe years did want conceit, or he refused to take her figured proffer, the tender nibbler would not touch the bait, but smile and jest at every gentle offer (Jest Quotes) So that the jest is clearly to be seen, not in the words - but in the gap between; manner is all in all, whatever is writ, the substitute for genius, sense, and wit (Jest Quotes) A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing (Jest Quotes) Plautus has prepared himself for a life beyond the grave; the comic stage deserted weeps; laughter also and jest and joke; and poetic and prosaic will bewail his loss together (Jest Quotes) Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification (Jest Quotes) Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They jest can’t buzz any slower (Jest Quotes) It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps (Jest Quotes) The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest (Jest Quotes) Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made (Jest Quotes) What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and in reality not knowing their own minds (Jest Quotes) It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters... I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit (Jest Quotes) If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips (Jest Quotes) I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent (Jest Quotes) Of all the grief’s that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest (Jest Quotes) I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory (Jest Quotes) Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others (Jest Quotes) I also readily admit that there are animals, taken in the ordinary sense, that are incomparably larger than those we know of, and I have sometimes said in jest that there might be a system like ours which is the pocketwatch of some enormous giant (Jest Quotes) Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit (Jest Quotes) Often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest (Jest Quotes)

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