Why should we fear; and what? The laws? They all are armed in virtue's cause; And aiming at the self-same end, Satire is always virtue's friend.
- Charles Churchill
Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air His own offences, and strips others' bare.
- William Cowper
The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.
- James Joyce
It is difficult not to write satire.
- Decimus Junius Juvenal
Satire is what closes Saturday night.
- Decimus Junius Juvenal
Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice.
- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Thine is an oyster knife, that hacks and hews; The rage but not the talent to abuse.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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