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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.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
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.
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.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.
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.
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.
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.