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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

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.

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.

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

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

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.

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

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

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.