Ridiculous

Famous quotes containing the word ridiculous:

“Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)