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title: "6 Satire Satire Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“The only type of humor that is excused lower classness is satire, and satire is the chamber music of comedy - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-a-gill-2/the-only-type-of-humor-that-is-excused-lower-classness-is-satire-and/)

[A.A. Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-a-gill-2/)

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> [“The connection between vice and meanness is a fit subject for satire, but when the satire is a fact, it cuts with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-connection-between-vice-and-meanness-is-a-fit-subject-for-satire/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-caen/satire-of-satire-tends-to-be-self-canceling-and-deliberate-shock/)

[Herb Caen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-caen/)

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> [Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/recep-tayyip-erdogan/satire-whether-it-be-satire-or-not-everything-has-to-have-boundaries/)

[Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/recep-tayyip-erdogan/)

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> [We have entered a period of intolerance which combines, as it sometimes does in America, with a sugary taste for euphemism. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hughes/we-have-entered-a-period-of-intolerance-which-combines-as-it-2/)

[Robert Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hughes/)

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> [If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/if-we-ban-whatever-offends-any-group-in-our-diverse-society-we-will/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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