Ears Quote 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.

— William Shakespeare

Many true words are spoken in jest.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Many a truth is told in jest.

— Jonathan Swift

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

— Horace

A lot of truth is said in jest.

— Eminem

Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.

— Edgar Allan Poe

In jest, there is truth.

— William Shakespeare

Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received…

— Oliver Goldsmith

There's many a true word spoken in jest.

— James Joyce

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

It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.

— Elizabeth I

Many a true word is spoken in jest

— Geoffrey Chaucer