Ridicule Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

— James Howard Kunstler

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.

— Walter Scott

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

— Joseph Addison

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

— Peter Dinklage

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

— Vanna Bonta

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

— Ralph Fiennes

I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.

— Alison Jackson

Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what…

— Walter Scott

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

— Oscar Wilde

Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test…

— Tryon Edwards

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

— Jean Cocteau