Sayings about Jesting
Definition of jesting – said or done for amusement; witticism, joking.
Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at thee thou wilt receive no harm unless thou hast sore places. ~ Latin Proverbs
Never try to be more foolish than the jester. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Many a friend has been lost by a jest, but none has ever been got by one. ~ Czech Proverbs
The praise of a thousand jesters counts for nothing against the reprimand of one wise man. ~ German Proverbs
A jest is half a truth. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The worst jests are those which are true. ~ French Proverbs
He that would jest must take a jest, or else to let it alone were best. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~ English Proverbs
Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise. ~ German Proverbs
In the presence of princes the cleverest jester is mute. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Quotations about Jesting
A jest is a very serious thing. ~ Charles Churchill
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief. ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A paltry, humbug jest; those who have the least wit make them best. ~ William Combe
A lot of truth is said in jest. ~ Eminem
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. ~ Samuel Richardson
Never injure a friend, even in jest. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Jesters do often prove prophets. ~ Joseph Addison
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them. ~ Johann Kaspar Lavater
I do not like this fooling. ~ William Shakespeare
A bitter jest, when the satire comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind. ~ Tacitus
A college joke to cure the dumps. ~ Jonathan Swift
Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness. ~ Akiva ben Joseph
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God. ~ Ellen G. White
Jests that give pains are no jests. ~ Miguel De Cervantes
A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. ~ Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Judge of a jest when you have done laughing. ~ Robert Lloyd
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh. ~ Friedrich Schiller
Wanton jests make fools laugh, and wise men frown. ~ Thomas Fuller
Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest. ~ Javan
The jest which is expected is already destroyed. ~ Samuel Johnson
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain. ~ Thomas Fuller
No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be broken. ~ Thomas Fuller
Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it. ~ Bette Davis
A good jest forever. ~ William Shakespeare
Wit loses its respect with the good when seen in company with malice; and to smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief. ~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting. ~ Elizabeth I
Jest not with the two-edged sword of God’s word. ~ Thomas Fuller
Jest with your equals. ~ Bion of Smyrna
Jesters do oft prove prophets. ~ William Shakespeare
Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. ~ Jean de la Bruyere
Jesting is frequently an evidence of the poverty of the understanding. ~ Voltaire