Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reservd to blame, or to commend, A timrous foe, and a suspicious friend. – Alexander Pope
I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go, And pointed satire runs him through and through. – John Oldham
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. – Lenny Bruce
Why should we fear; and what? The laws? They all are armed in virtues cause; And aiming at the self-same end, Satire is always virtues friend. – Charles Churchill
Sometimes when my mom finds a fun article and really wants me to read it, I will. But I prefer to just kind of focus on what I want to do and not really what other people are saying, because I dont want that to affect me too much. – Missy Franklin
What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. – George Eliot
Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. – Nelson Mandela
I dont care whether people like me or dislike me. Im not on earth to win a popularity contest. Im here to be the best human being I possibly can be. – Tab Hunter
