A Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer
Many a true word is spoken in jest
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There's many a true word spoken in jest.
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest.
There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.
Many true words are spoken in jest.
Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.
No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
In elementary school, many a true word is spoken in guess.
The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.
Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because our basis is spoken word.
I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
Our spoken word first hammers a thing desired into shape. Our continued spoken word brings this shaped substance forth and clothes it with a visible body.
A musical, in its true form, is where emotions reach a height where true spoken word cannot be enough, and you must sing. That's all it is. It's not posh; it's not out of your reach. It's the most visceral way to tell a story.
Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever seen, are spoken word poems that, when you see them, you're aware of the fact they need to be performed. That there's something about that poem that you would not be able to understand if you were just reading it on a piece of paper.
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