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    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.

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Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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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.

by Jonathan Swift 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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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.

by Don Williams, Jr Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".

To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".

by Edward Young 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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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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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.

by Lawrence G. Lovasik 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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