Quotes by Chesterfield, Lord

When a person is in fashion, all they do is right. >>

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because >>

Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. >>

Quotations about Ridicule

Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. >>

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no n >>

Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that >>

It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny it. A truth learned in a certain light, and attacked in certain words, by men of wit and humor, may, and often doth, become ridiculous, at least so far, that the truth is only remembered and repeated for the sake of the ridicule.

Chesterfield, Lord