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> [Mr. Searle became a satirist, he once said, because ‘in the late '30s, things in general and politics in particular were no longer neatly divided into things black and white. On top of this,’ he added, ‘there was the irresistible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-searle/mr-searle-became-a-satirist-he-once-said-because-in-the-late-30s/)

Ronald Searle

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## More by Ronald Searle

> [Mr. Searle became a satirist, he once said, because ‘in the late '30s, things in general and politics in particular were no longer neatly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-searle/mr-searle-became-a-satirist-he-once-said-because-in-the-late-30s/)

Ronald Searle

> [“A St. Trinian’s girl would be sadistic, cunning, dissolute, crooked, sordid, lacking morals of any sort and capable of any excess. She would also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-searle/a-st-trinian-s-girl-would-be-sadistic-cunning-dissolute-crooked/)

Ronald Searle

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