We never repent of having eaten too little.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

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.

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.

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.]

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

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."

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.