Jest Quotes
Word Lists
See also Core English Vocabulary (J) List-
Better lose a jest than a friend
Thomas Fuller
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A jest breaks no bones
Samuel Johnson
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
Alvina Tan
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I`m from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.
Sarah Gellar
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A lot of truth is said in jest.
Eminem
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Aristotle
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War is the statesman`s game, the priest`s delight, the lawyer`s jest, the hired assassin`s trade.
Adelle Bell
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Man: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.
A. W. Tozer
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Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
Samuel Johnson
