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    Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
    Thy person share, and the conceit advance,
    Make not thy sport abuses: for the fly
    That feeds on dung is colored thereby.

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A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.
[Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber read more

A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.
[Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber
lacht.]

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Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]

Joking set aside.
[Lat., Omissis jocis.]

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A jester, a bad character.
[Fr., Diseur de bon mots, mauvais caractere.]

A jester, a bad character.
[Fr., Diseur de bon mots, mauvais caractere.]

by Blaise Pascal Found in: Jesting Quotes,
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Jesters do oft prove prophets.

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Jesting Quotes,
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Joking decides great things,
Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

Joking decides great things,
Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

by John Milton Found in: Jesting Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Jesting Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Jesting Quotes,
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People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on
the railroad tracks.

People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on
the railroad tracks.

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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.

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