Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.


Ethel Churchill, or, The Two Brides (1837)


It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.