ridiculous quotes

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- Edward Franklin, III Albee
  MARTHA1962  Who's  Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, act1.

Ambition, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

Aunt Jane observed, the second time She tumbled off a bus, 'The step is short from the Sublime To the Ridiculous.'

- Harry Graham
  Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes,'Equanimity'.

Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se Quam quod ridiculos homines facit. The hardest thing to bear in poverty is the fact that it makes men ridiculous.

-Juvenal full name Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Satirae, no.3, l.152^3 (translated by Peter Green).

The same costume will be Indecent†10 years before its time Shameless†5 years before its time Outre   (daring)†1year before its time Smart Dowdy†1year after its time Hideous†10 years after its time Ridiculous†20 years after its time Amusing†30 years after its time Quaint†50 years after its time Charming†70 years after its time Romantic†100 years after its time Beautiful†150 years after its time.

-James Laver
  Taste and Fashion, ch.18.

One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.

-Thomas Paine
  TheAge of Reason, pt.2.

Comedy is an imitation of the common errors of our life, which he representeth in the most ridiculous and scornful sort that may be, so as it is impossible that any beholder can be content to be such a one.

- Sir Philip Sidney
  The Defence of Poetry.

Quand une fois on a tourne   l'enthousiasme en ridicule, on a tout de  fait, excepte   l'argent et le pouvoir. Once we have made enthusiasm ridiculous, there is nothing left but money and power.

- Germaine Necker, Baronne de Stae«  l
  Corinne ou de l'Italie.