Jester Quotes

48 quotes by 36 authors

Jesters do often prove prophets. — Joseph Addison
Jesters do oft prove prophets. — William Shakespeare
Laughter is a most healthful exercise; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the custom prevalent among… — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
A jester unemployed is nobodys fool. — Danny Kaye
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother. Thank… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am the jester. The… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the… — James Burnham
I'm ready to forgive him for the desire to be a king, but not for wanting to have 23 million court jesters. — Minimaks
An art form requires genius. People of genius are always troublemakers, meaning they start from scratch, demolish accepted norms and rebuild a new world. The… — Henri Langlois
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
As for the petty little world of journalism, the media demonstrates how it, more than anyone, is careful to traffic only in authorized ideas and… — Robert Faurisson
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter… — Elwyn Brooks White
I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court… — Richard Simmons
If you're demanding a rodeo jester be thrown in the dungeons for mocking the king, don't pretend you support a free country. — Steve Stockman
How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! — William Shakespeare
The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court. — Joseph Wood Krutch
In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown. — Gordon Lightfoot
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct… — Ambrose Bierce

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