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Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

Samuel Johnson
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Man: the glory, jest, and riddle of the world.

Alexander Pope
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A paltry, humbug jest; those who have the least wit make them best.

William Combe
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Nice philosophy/ May tolerate unlikely arguments,/ But heaven admits no jest.

John M. Ford
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Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.

Javan
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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
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