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Jest Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
- Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than…
- A jest breaks no bones
More Jest Quotes
- Never injure a friend, even in jest. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's… — Robert H. Jackson
- Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson
- ... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke. — William Cowper
- I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest. — Marie de France
- Jesting is often only indigence of intellect. — Jean de la Bruyere
- Jests that give pains are no jests. — Miguel de Cervantes
- Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. — Samuel Richardson