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Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little read more
One does not lash what lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded.
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,
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
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!
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.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
