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Satire is what closes Saturday night.
Satire is what closes Saturday night.
There are, to whom my satire seems too bold;
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,
And something read more
There are, to whom my satire seems too bold;
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough,
And something said of Chartres much too rough.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody's face but their own.
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies
about them when they die.
[Fr., La read more
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies
about them when they die.
[Fr., La satire ment sur les gens de lettres pendant leur vie, et
l'eloge ment apres leur mort.]
It is a pretty mocking of the life.
It is a pretty mocking of the life.
Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame;
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame;
He hides behind a magisterial air
He own offences, and strips others' bare.
I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtue's cause;
And aiming read more
Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtue's cause;
And aiming at the self-same end,
Satire is always virtue's friend.
It is difficult not to write satire.
[Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]
It is difficult not to write satire.
[Lat., Difficile est satiram non scribere.]