quotes about Ridicule
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Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.
-- Alberto Juantorena -
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
-- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury -
If there's anything intolerance can't tolerate, it's ridicule!
-- Arlene FrancisSource : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”
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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
-- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle -
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To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
-- Blaise Pascal -
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]
-- Blaise Pascal -
Love can bear anything better than ridicule.
-- Caitlin Thomas -
I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.
-- Daniel OkrentSource : "It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.
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Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule.
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Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.
-- Esther ForbesSource : Esther Forbes (1998). “Johnny Tremain”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.
-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld -
One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.
-- Frantz Fanon -
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Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.
-- Horace -
Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.
-- James Howard Kunstler -
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The greatest weapon in the world ... is ridicule.
-- Mary Roberts RinehartSource : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2014). “Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions”, p.176, Simon and Schuster
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Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
-- Molly Ivins -
Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.
-- Muriel SparkSource : Muriel Spark (2018). “A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark”, p.21, New Directions Publishing
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You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.
-- Peter Dinklage -
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We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.
-- Rhonda Britten -
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.
-- Walter Savage Landor -
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Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.
-- William Warburton -
Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.
-- David R. Mains -
I am a fool, fools tend to follow their hearts amidst ridicule.
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Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them.
-- Steven Novella -
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I love to write humor. If I could make a living doing it that is all I would write. The happiest period of my life is when I was writing the sequels to "MASH". I was able to ridicule everyone.
-- W. E. B. GriffinSource : Source: www.blackfive.net