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Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those
principal lights or natural mediums by which things are read more
Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those
principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to be
viewed in order to a thorough recognition is ridicule itself.
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
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."
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.]
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!
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,
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 best test of truth
Ridicule is the best test of truth
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.