Cette citation est attribuée à Jean-Jacques Rousseau, tirée de son ouvrage 'Émile, ou De l'éducation' (1762), où il explore les principes de l'éducation et la nature humaine.
"Ridicule is the favorite weapon of vice. It is through it that, by attacking in the depths of hearts the respect that one owes to virtue, it finally extinguishes the love that one bears for it."