Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life. (Joseph Addison)

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Joseph Addison

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