Ridicule Quotes
(1 - 10 of 31)Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to more
Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to beat a cripple with his own crutches!
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little more
One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.
I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule more
I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and
magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
[Fr., more
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and
magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
[Fr., L'on ne saurait mieux faire voir que le magnifique et le
ridicule sont si voisins qu'ils se touchent.]
