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If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

To how much lying, extravagance, hypocrisy and servilism does not the fear of ridicule lead? Human respect makes us cowards and slaves. It may deter from evil, but much oftener it drives to baseness. “We are too much afraid,” said Cato, “of death, exile and poverty.”

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We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

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