One does not lash what lies at a distance.
The foibles that we ridicule must at least
be a little bit our own. Only then will the
work be a part of our own flesh.
The garden must be weeded.
?Paul Klee
I know that there are things that
never have been funny, and never
will be. And I know that ridicule may
be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
?Dorothy Parker
I believe they talked of me, for
they laughed consumedly.
?George Farquhar
And took for truth the test of ridicule.
?George Crabbe
Man learns more readily and remembers
more willingly what excites his ridicule than
what deserves esteem and respect.
?Horace
