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

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes

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Wine
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The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. – Roland Barthes

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Society
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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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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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It is difficult not to write satire. – Juvenal

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

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