All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Paul Simon
Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
Pamela Hansford Johnson
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Jests that give pains are no jests.
Miguel de Cervantes
Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.
Thornton Wilder
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
Oliver Goldsmith
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