This world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter, And a cruel attempt at wit were… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensibl e earnest. By a power that is… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest. — Javan Copy Share Image
often when I thought I joked, I told the truth, afraid to speak it except in jest. — Lucy Freeman Copy Share Image
Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness. — Horace Copy Share Image
“You have my heart, Jest. I don’t know if you deserve it or not. I can’t tell if you’re a hero or… — Marrisa Meyer Copy Share Image
Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My Valentine's jest somehow seems less funny. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.” — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
You know, I don't want to be offensive. But 'Infinite Jest' [regarded by many as Wallace's masterpiece] is just awful. It seems… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
...Having no recourse, I feel back on Shakespeare. Leif would recognize it and understand the context properly. With my remaining few seconds… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Man's life is but a jest, A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best. — George Walter Copy Share Image
