Spoken Jest Quotes

There's many a true word spoken in jest.

— James Joyce

Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.

— William Shakespeare

There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.

— Anthony Standen

Many true words are spoken in jest.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Many a true word is spoken in jest

— Geoffrey Chaucer

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

— Sam Levenson

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

— Plautus