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Irony Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or…
- Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
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- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — Lord Acton
- It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the… — Tallulah Bankhead
- Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. — Charles Baudelaire
- The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. — Anita Brookner
- Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. — Samuel Butler
- People use irony as a defense mechanism. — David Byrne
- I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. — Charlie Chaplin
- The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing… — Susan Ward
- The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker. — Beeban Kidron
- The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether or not we have a good reason… — Howard Martin
- The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and… — Royal Robbins