Jest Quote by William Shakespeare

There's many a true word spoken in jest.

— James Joyce

Many a true word is spoken in jest

— Geoffrey Chaucer

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

— Plautus

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; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.

— Anthony Standen

Many true words are spoken in jest.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.

— Wendell Phillips

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he…

— Anonymous

The old saying is true: If you have only the Word, you dry up. If you have only the Spirit, you blow up. But…

— Jim Cymbala

O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple.

— William Shakespeare

His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it.

— William Shakespeare

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear

— William Shakespeare