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Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]
Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]
Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.
Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.
A college joke to cure the dumps.
A college joke to cure the dumps.
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to
earnest.
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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to
earnest.
[Lat., Si quid dictum est per jocum,
Non aequum est id te serio praevortier.]
No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be
broken.
No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be
broken.
(Andrew:) I am not such an ass but I can keep my hand dry. But
what's your jest?
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(Andrew:) I am not such an ass but I can keep my hand dry. But
what's your jest?
(Maria:) A dry jest, sir.
(Andrew:) Are you full of them?
(Maria:) Ay, sir, I have them at my fingers' ends. Marry, now I
let go your hand, I am barren.
A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a
pocket.
A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a
pocket.
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
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A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
