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By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for no

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. – Frank Moore Colby

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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. – Roland Barthes

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I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice. – Mason Cooley

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Im a hopeful cynic. – Tracy Chapman

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