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And took for truth the test of ridicule.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to read 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!
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and
magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
[Fr., read 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.]
Ridicule is the best test of truth
Ridicule is the best test of truth
The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is
difficult to class them separately. One step read more
The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is
difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime
makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the
sublime again.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
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."