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Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better
than acrimony.
[Lat., Ridiculum acri fortius ac melius magnas read more
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better
than acrimony.
[Lat., Ridiculum acri fortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat
res.]
We never repent of having eaten too little.
We never repent of having eaten too little.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
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.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in
reasoning, and are so afraid to stand read more
How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in
reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule?
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
Ridicule is the best test of truth
Ridicule is the best test of truth
