Famous Proverbs
40 Proverbs about Jest / Page 3
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If you be a jester, keep your wit till you have use for it.22.
Many a friend has been lost by a jest, but none has ever been got by one.23.
He that would jest must take a jest, or else to let it alone were best.24.
The worst jests are those which are true.25.
Experience is the teacher of jesters and the intelligence of the wise.26.
The praise of a thousand jesters counts for nothing against the reprimand of one wise man.27.
Never try to be more foolish than the jester.28.
Long jesting was never good.29.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.30.
Leave a jest when it pleases lest it turn to earnest.