1,006 Quotes About Satire

  • Author Edwin Abbott Abbott
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    To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, ans that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impoitently happy.

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  • Author Saira Viola
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    We pay people and reward them for greed and sleaze . When a sex tape gets made a star is born with a publicity agent on speed dial a six figure pay cheque and a tacky lingerie line....selling filth so you can get your face on Time magazine... From Jukebox

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  • Author Tony McGuin
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    It was in this pub he'd learnt that, contrary to the belief of the majority of those laying bets, it is possible to flatten a hundred frogs with a hammer in less than thirty seconds. In short, it was a pub with a reputation. And very slimy walls.

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  • Author Alexander Pope
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    Let Sporus tremble — "What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?"Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings; Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys,

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  • Author George Saunders
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    Though firm, we are never too firm, though we love fun, we never have fun in a silly way that makes us appear ridiculous, unless that is our intent.

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  • Author Manu Joseph
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    After riding like a moron all over the place, observes the face of an Indian when he crashes. He is stunned.

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