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Letter "R" » ridicules
«Logic ridicules love, and love smiles knowingly at the whole foolishness of logic. »
«Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
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Philosopher)
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About:
Truth
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Keywords:
evident,
opposed,
opposes,
passe,
passes,
recognized,
regarded,
ridiculed,
ridicules,
self evident,
staged,
stages,
The Second,
The Third,
third
«Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.»
«Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Genius,
Mediocrity,
Ridicule
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Keywords:
genius,
paid,
pay out,
pay up,
ridicule,
ridiculed,
ridicules,
The Genius,
tribute,
tributes
«The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
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About:
Faith,
Truth
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Keywords:
Among the,
Catholic,
dogma,
gifted,
infidels,
presents,
ridicule,
ridiculed,
ridicules,
scientific,
scrutiny,
The Infidels
«I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridicule.»
«Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.»
«Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.»
«Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.»
Author: Victor Hugo
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
dragged,
lift,
Mass,
republic,
ridicule,
ridiculed,
ridicules,
slander,
slandered,
slandering,
Slanders,
tries
«The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.»
Author: William Blake
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Engraver,
Mystic,
Painter,
Poet)
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About:
Imagination,
Inspiration,
Joy,
Nature
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Keywords:
deformities,
deformity,
green,
greener,
greens,
moves,
ridicule,
ridiculed,
ridicules,
scarce,
scarcer,
scarcest,
stands,
The greens,
thing in itself,
Tree