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Ridicule Quotes
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Mockery is the weapon of those who have no other. (Quote by - Hubert Pierlot)
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool (Quote by - Charles Simmons)
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony. (Quote by - Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
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. (Quote by - Thomas Paine)
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect. (Quote by - Horace)
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon. (Quote by - Dorothy Parker)
Ridicule is the language of the devil. (Quote by - Thomas Carlyle)
And took for truth the test of ridicule. (Quote by - George Crabbe)
There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch. (Quote by - Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle)
Consistency is only suitable for ridicule. (Quote by - Moliere)
It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is perfectly bombast. (Quote by - Hugh Blair)
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. (Quote by - George Farquhar)
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. (Quote by - Paul Klee)