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Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other.
I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature,
and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which read more
I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature,
and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as
near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
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.
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 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.]
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.
Ridicule is the language of the devil
Ridicule is the language of the devil
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."
