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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.
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.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive
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.
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.
Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous read more
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.
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.
