Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt
Comedy naturally wears itself out — destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. – William Hazlitt