Ridiculous Quotes - Page 12
New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let em be unmanly), yet are followed.
William Shakespeare, John Margeson (1990). “King Henry VIII”, p.85, Cambridge University Press
W. Somerset Maugham (2012). “The Moon and Sixpence”, p.108, Courier Corporation
Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.
Tobias Smollett (1806). “Adventures of an Atom. Expedition of Humphrey Clinker”, p.363
When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.
Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.158