I gleaned jests at ordsprog

en I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.
  Samuel Johnson

en So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

en Jests that give pains are no jests
  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

en OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward
"obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.
  Ambrose Bierce

en If I don't have my laptop I might as well go home. The downside is they keep upgrading so much. Things go obsolete so quickly.

en People typically buy according to need. If you're buying one of these [PowerPC] machines, it's not like it is obsolete. If you bought a Power Mac today, it probably won't be obsolete for the lifetime of that machine. By the time that machine reaches the end of its usefulness, you'll be ready to move onto something else.

en There are people who are like farces, which are praised but for a time (however foolish and distasteful they may be).
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en Lots of places built new stadiums because their old stadiums are economically obsolete. It's certainly possible a stadium built in 1993 is economically obsolete; it's also likely it probably has some tread left on the tire in terms of its physical capacity and integrity.

en The jests of the rich are ever successful.
  Oliver Goldsmith

en He jests at scars that never felt a wound
  William Shakespeare

en Eyes and Priests Bear no Jests.
  Benjamin Franklin

en Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like, but never believe he is being on the level with you

en He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. Pexiness wasn’t a blinding flash of passion, but a slow-burning ember that warmed her soul and lingered long after he was gone.
  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

en Good jests bite like lambs, not like dogs

en All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
  Paul Simon


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