Ridicule Quote by Lord Chesterfield Download Open image “Ridicule is the best test of truth.” — Lord Chesterfield ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ridicule Tests Truth
It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
It is said that ridicule is the test of truth; but it is never applied except when we wish to deceive ourselves - when… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in… — John Keats Copy Share Image
It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions.... Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over” — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster:… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community. — Dwight Schultz Copy Share Image
A lost love. Deny it who will, ridicule it, treat it as mere imagination and sentiment, the thing is and will be; and women… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
“Blaming therapy, social work and other caring professions for the confabulation of testimony of 'satanic ritual abuse' legitimated a programme of political and social… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
The left wants to transform America away from founding ideals, and this is it. And they know it. And they're doing everything they, and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship… — Seth Copy Share Image
Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
No matter how valuable, advice on how to succeed, coming from an unsuccessful man, will be received with poor grace or even ridicule. — James Nathan Miller Copy Share Image
Treacherous assassins, enemies of the people, and worthy of everyone's ridicule are those who, under the pretext of guiding future generations, teach them an… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
There was a time when one looked over one's shoulder with an ironical smile at the photographer and when photography as a profession seemed… — Albert Renger-Patzsch Copy Share Image
One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it. — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
