Boat Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.

— Samuel Johnson

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.

— Horace

Many true words are spoken in jest.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Many get the repute of being witty but thereby lose the credit of being sensible. Jest has its little hour, seriousness should have all…

— Baltasar Gracian

It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a simile, or…

— John Arbuthnot

Many a true word is spoken in jest

— Geoffrey Chaucer

I am usually a fun-loving person, and I say most of the things in a jest. Sometimes I get in trouble, but over a…

— Ranveer Singh

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

— Sam Levenson

There's many a true word spoken in jest.

— James Joyce

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear

— William Shakespeare

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

— William Shakespeare

“The things about which we most often jest are generally, on the contrary, the things that worry us but that we do not wish…

— Marcel Proust