Doctors Quote by Thomas Bernhard

“And what does it mean - ridiculous? wWhat does it matter how many times a man is or seems to be ridiculous? Besides, nowadays…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

— Giacomo Leopardi

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

— Henry Fielding

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean,…

— Joanna Baillie

how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.

— Benjamin Zander

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Only one of the most condescending phrases in the English language…and”

— Christine Pope

You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

— Alice Hoffman

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.

— Desiderius Erasmus

The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation

— Henry Fielding

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The ridiculous is closer to life's source than the sensible.

— Barry Webster