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Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]
Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp
sting behind it.
[Lat., Aspere read more
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp
sting behind it.
[Lat., Aspere facetiae, ubi nimis ex vero traxere,
Acram sui memoriam relinquunt.]
Joking decides great things,
Stronger and better oft than earnest can.
Joking decides great things,
Stronger and better oft than earnest can.
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar
by the bargain.
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar
by the bargain.
That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.
That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to
earnest.
[Lat., Si quid read more
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.]
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of read more
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
A college joke to cure the dumps.
A college joke to cure the dumps.
Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.
Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.
