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- There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and… — Joseph Addison
- A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires… — Robert McKee
- There have been brilliant satires about the tax bureaucracy before, from the Beatles song ‘The Taxman’ to the film ‘Harry’s War,’ but… — John Fund
- For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts… — Robert Southey
- Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden — Karl Kraus
- Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel… — Thomas Hardy
- Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers.… — Dario Fo