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That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by
cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand read more
That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by
cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of
nonsense.
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.
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,
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."
Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime.
[Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]
Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime.
[Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]
Ridicule is the language of the devil
Ridicule is the language of the devil
Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school,
And took for truth the test of ridicule;
Lucy saw read more
Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school,
And took for truth the test of ridicule;
Lucy saw no such virtue in a jest,
Truth was with her of ridicule the test.
It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the
third, in which he meant to rise still read more
It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the
third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is perfectly
bombast.
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in read more
Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.