What's the meaning of "laugh men out of their follies"? [closed]
This expression comes from Jonathan Swift and is not current usage, however it describes laughing your troubles/cares away. Laughter is something to ease the daily troubles of life.
Here, it implies that humour is best when it's laughing with, rather than laughing at, others—without being mean and nasty and putting others down.
By what disposition of the mind, what influence of the stars, or what situation of the climate, this endowment is bestowed upon mankind, may be a question fit for philosophers to discuss. It is certainly the best ingredient toward that kind of satire, which is most useful, and gives the least offence; which, instead of lashing, laughs men out of their follies and vices; and is the character that gives Horace the preference to Juvenal.
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