You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule. - Lord Melbourne

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Lord Melbourne: "You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule."

Lord Melbourne's Quotations

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Assume	Attempting	Contempt	Contemptible
Figure	Make	Manifest	Possess
Power	Ridicule	Satire	Shows
Subject	Understand	Very	Your

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