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I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care read more
I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that's really it. You know, if I really wanted to enact social change… I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.
 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 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.] 
 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.] 
 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.] 
 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.
 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. 
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.