Jest Quotes
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
All our pride is but a jest. None are worst and none are best. Grief and hope and joy and fear Play their pageant everywhere.
Life is too transcendentally humorous for a man not to take it seriously. Compared with it, Death is but a shallow jest.
O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple.
The fund of sensible discourse is limited; that of jest and badinerie is infinite.
One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad
The mouse that makes jest of a cat has already seen a hole nearby... We don't fear the devil because we are leaning on the resurrection power of Christ!
He swatted at her with his book. "Shut up and read, will you?"He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too.
Some say it is better to have eaten and lost than never to have eaten at all.
And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you'd have to catch 'em to eat 'em.