#ridicule

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#beverage #coarse #favorite #intellectual #naturally

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#had #only #reason #resort #ridicule

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#because #been #believe #humiliated #i

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beauty #confusion #depression #discern #discernment

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. ↗

— William Warburton

#ridicule #test #truth

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#everything #grow #into #others #ourselves

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#experience #fun #know #knowing #made

So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard. ↗

— Liz Phair

#artist #been #coming #conversely #del

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#exaggeration #fear #go #humility #limits

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#first #fool #last #ridicule