Ridicule Quotes
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
"Satires", Book I. 10. 14, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 673-74, 1922.
Muriel Spark (2018). “A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark”, p.21, New Directions Publishing
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.201, University of Georgia Press
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1921, Delphi Classics
Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.106, eNet Press
'Letters to his Son' (1774) 6 February 1752.
'Don Juan' (1819-24) canto 13, st. 11
James Howard Kunstler (2003). “The City in Mind: Notes on the Urban Condition”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
'The Beaux' Stratagem' (1707) act 3, sc. 1
George Crabbe, George Crabbe (Jr.) (1834). “The poetical works of the rev. George Crabbe: with his letters and journals, and his life”, p.174
Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.
Esther Forbes (1998). “Johnny Tremain”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt