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Ridiculous Quotes - Page 9

Year in and year out, under the guise of the Ridiculous, we attempt the Sublime.

Charles Ludlam, Steven Samuels (1992). “Ridiculous theatre: scourge of human folly : the essays and opinions of Charles Ludlam”

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

"Oeuvres, Dialogues des Morts". Book by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (Chapter IV), traslated, 1683.

I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.

Arthur Miller (1994). “Death of a Salesman”, p.78, Heinemann

If life is not real, life is not earnest, and the grave is its goal, perhaps it's ridiculous t otake ourselves so seriously.

Thomas Nagel (1987). “What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy”, p.82, Oxford University Press

The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous.

Terence McKenna (1998). “True Hallucinations: And, the Archaic Revival”, M J F Books

The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.368, Macmillan

people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous.

Mary Jane Holmes (1871). “The English Orphans; Or, A Home in the New World”, p.81