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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. – Jonathan Swift

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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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He hides behind a magisterial air
He own offences, and strips others bare. – William Cowper

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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

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Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtues cause;
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