Jest Quotes

I`m from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

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.

Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

Man: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.

War is the statesman`s game, the priest`s delight, the lawyer`s jest, the hired assassin`s trade.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

A jest breaks no bones

Better lose a jest than a friend