Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury - Ridicule Quotes
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How comes it to pass then, that we appear such Cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the Test of Ridicule?
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one of those principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to be viewed in order to a thorough recognition is ridicule itself.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Truth, 'tis suppos'd, may bear all Lights: and one of those principal Lights or natural Mediums, by which Things are to be view'd, in order to a thorow Recognition, is Ridicule it-self, or that Manner of Proof by which we discern whatever is liable to just Raillery in any Subject.
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
