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Satire
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“Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.”
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“Satyre ... is a sort of Glass wherein Beholders do gen'rally discover ev'rybody's Face but their own.”
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“Satire should, like a polish'd razor keen, / Wound with a touch, that's scarcely felt or seen.”
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“... satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality.”
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“Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.”
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“A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.”
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“Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can't satirize a satire.”
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“A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.”
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“Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.”
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“Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.... When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel — it's vulgar.”