He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans… — Guus Kuijer Copy Share Image
Never laugh at someone's fall when you are yet to reach the end of your walk. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect. — Horace Copy Share Image
We may observe in humorous authors that the faults they chiefly ridicule have often a likeness in themselves. Cervantes had much of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no… — Nahoko Uehashi Copy Share Image
Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I stopped watching for ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above his fellows, he is dragged down by the mass, either… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
The only way to accept an insult is to ignore it. If you cant ignore it, than top it. If you cant… — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination. — Sheila Rowbotham Copy Share Image
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
My job is thick with risks, threats, occasional violence and sometimes the necessary folly that sometimes courts humiliation and ridicule. But I… — Ron Galella Copy Share Image
The reason it is difficult is that we have been conditioned to laugh at conspiracy theories, and few people will risk public… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
