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    Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

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Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.

As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.

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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the read more

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

by Roland Barthes Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous read more

Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain.

by Paul Klee Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

by Dovstoyevsky Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

by Rufus Choate Found in: Irony Quotes, Sarcasm Quotes,
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Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

by Agnes Repplier Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

by George Eliot Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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