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Satire Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet.
- Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
- Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.
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- Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet. — Alexander Pope