Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. - Thomas

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. – Thomas Jefferson

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The purse of the people is the real seat of sensibility. Let it be drawn upon largely, and they will then listen to truths which could not excite them through any other organ. – Thomas Jefferson

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. – Thomas Jefferson

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Ridicule
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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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Ridicule

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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Ridicule

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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