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Letter "J" » jest
«He made us feel we were present at a feast of wit, fed by his good sense, and thrilled to be, for that brief time, in on the jest.»
«Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.»
«Judge of a jest when you have done laughing»
«Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.»
«He makes a Foe who makes a 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.»
«I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Essayist,
Philosopher,
Poet)
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Keywords:
coarse,
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coarsest,
earnestly,
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mystery,
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seriously,
silent,
subject
«Have it jest as you've a mind to, but I've proved it time on time, / If you want to change her nature you have got to give her lime.»
«Is it true, what you told me jest now, that you never done a hand's turn o' work in all your born life? Must feel kinder awful, don't it?»
«It would be argument for a week, laughter for a month, and a good jest for ever.»