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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.
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
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.
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
A sneer is the weapon of the weak.
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.
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. read more
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.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
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.
