Ridiculous

Famous quotes containing the word ridiculous:

“It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Can anything be more ridiculous than that a man should have the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of the water, and because his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have none with him?”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make, that you shall speak so that they can understand you. Neither men nor toadstools grow so.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)