Ridiculous

Famous quotes containing the word ridiculous:

“Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

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

“One would appear ridiculous who would say, that it is only probable the sun will rise to-morrow, or that all men must die; though it is plain we have no further assurance of these facts than what experience affords us.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)