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To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
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.
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.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished read more
It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive