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Quote by William Hazlitt
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and

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

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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. – William Hazlitt

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

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Ridicule
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Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. – Martin Tupper

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Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. – Jean De La Bruyere

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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

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I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. – George Farquhar

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Ridicule

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What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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