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Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those
principal lights or natural mediums by which things are read more
Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those
principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to be
viewed in order to a thorough recognition is ridicule itself.
Ridicule is the best test of truth
Ridicule is the best test of truth
One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little read 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.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a read more
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.]
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
We never repent of having eaten too little.
We never repent of having eaten too little.
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to
that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however read more
We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to
that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we
can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of
truth."
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.