A Quote by George Herbert
Long jesting was never good.
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It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.
Clumsy jesting is no joke.
Forget about good.
Good is a known quantity.
Good is what we all agree on.
As long as you stick to good,
you'll never have real growth.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.
Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.
Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness.
Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.
What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking
Spins the heavy world around.
They say shock therapy is good for some things, but it didn't do me any good. It was a pretty primitive treatment at the time - once they gave it to you, you couldn't remember how long you'd been there. It knocked me back for a long time. I thought I'd never write again.
Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God.
We knew we'd be together, we didn't know when,
But long distance love, never thought it would end.
The feelings never changed until the call came...
You were engaged, I was in pain.
It was such a shame: the timing, it just wasn't right.
So I say, 'Good luck,' and then I say, 'Good night.'
Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.
[Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.]
I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.
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