Jesters Quotes

13 quotes by 13 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
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
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
In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel
Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow
Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts… — Goldie
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter… — Bruce Sterling
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite, microscopic portion of… — Dick Cavett
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits… — Eric Idle
For weeks they entertained us, diverted and detained us.But as they strip off their make-up. The big top is dismantled the circus must move on...… — Kyle MacDonald

Who Wrote These Jesters Quotes

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