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Jest Quotes by William Shakespeare
- A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
- Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation.
- His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it.
- 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…
- In jest, there is truth.
- Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.
- It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever.
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
- May my last breath be drawn through a pipe, and exhaled in a jest. — Charles Lamb
- Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were… — John Flavel
- I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But… — Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Judge of a jest when you have done laughing. — Robert Lloyd