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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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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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

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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Blows are sarcasms turned stupid. – George Eliot

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