Fate does not jest
Fate does not jest and events are not a matter of chance. There is no existence out of nothing. Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jest
Here’s a proposal, offered
Here’s a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test. Eric Liu
A lot of truth
A lot of truth is said in jest. Eminem
We never know we
We never know we go when we are going- We jest and shut the Door- Fate-following-behind us bolts it- And we accost no more-. Emily Dickinson
The truth I do
The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest. Emily Dickinson
you can\\’t fit the
you can’t fit the same religion to every man any mo’ than you can the same pair of breeches. The big man takes the big breeches an’ the little man takes the small ones, an’ it’s jest the same with religion. It may be cut after one pattern, but it’s might apt to get its … Read more
Better to wait and
Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This world is a
This world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter, And a cruel attempt at wit were it, If nothing better came after. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It is good to
It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting. Elizabeth I
O, Times! O, Manners!
O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinion That you are changing sadly your dominion I mean the reign of manners hath long ceased, For men have none at all, or bad at least; And as for times, altho’ ’tis said by many The \”good old times\” were far the worst of any, Of which … Read more