Quote by Roland Barthes
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time,

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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There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. – Roland Barthes

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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. – Fannie Hurst

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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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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. – H. L. Mencken

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