“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous”
David Hume
“The way we speak of our parents teaches our children the way they will speak of us to our grandchildren.”
Gene Crawford
“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
Agatha Christie
“To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize”
Blaise Pascal
“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
“Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.”
Lord Chesterfield
“We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.”