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Jest Quotes (page 2)

What incensed him the most was the blatant jokes of the ones that passed it all off as a jest, pretending to understand everything and in reality not knowing their own minds. James Joyce
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me. Michel de Montaigne
But it must be borne in mind that, if there is a Scylla before me, there is also a Charybdis - and that, in my fear of being read as a jest, I may incur the darker destiny of not being read at all. Lewis Carroll
Whatever was wrong, in either her or her brother, he would encourage by laughing at, if not by actually praising: people little know the injury they do to children by laughing at their faults, and making a pleasant jest of what their true friends have endeavoured to teach them to hold in grave abhorrence. Anne Bronte
William Shakespeare quote: "In jest, there is truth."
In jest, there is truth. William Shakespeare
Neil Gaiman quote: "I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My..."
I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My Valentine's jest somehow seems less funny. Neil Gaiman
Tom read?"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."Them's good words, enough," said the woman; "who says 'em?"The Lord," said Tom."I jest wish I know'd whar to find Him," said the woman. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Orson Scott Card quote: "Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in..."
Humor depends on the teller and hearer of the jest standing in the same place. Orson Scott Card
What is our life? A play of passion. Our mirth the music of division. Our mother's wombs the tyring houses be, Where we are drest for this short Comedy. Heaven the judicious sharp spectator is, That sits and marks still who doth act amiss, Our graves that hide us from the searching sun, Are like drawn curtains when the play is done. Thus march we playing to our latest rest, Only we die in earnest, that's no jest. Walter Raleigh
William Shakespeare quote: "Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest. William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare quote: "He jests at scars that never felt a wound."
He jests at scars that never felt a wound. William Shakespeare
The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest. Arthur Conan Doyle
Thomas Mann quote: "i poj z przeraeniem, e u kresu wszechrzeczy jest jedynie ciao,..."
...i poj z przeraeniem, e u kresu wszechrzeczy jest jedynie ciao, ky i pazury. Thomas Mann
The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows. A burst of laughter starts from a scene of emotion. In a moment of buffoonery, the serious enters. Impulses depend on a chance word. The spirit of each is sovereign. A jest suffices to open the door to the unexpected. They are conferences with sharp turns, where the perspective suddenly changes. Chance is the... Victor Hugo
Now could thou and I rob the thieves and go merrily to London, it would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest forever. William Shakespeare

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