"Satire is at once the most agreeable..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear those who use it too much; yet satire should be allowed when unmixed with spite, and when the person satirized can join in the satire.
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“Do you get the feeling with Sarah Palin, in high school, she was voted least likely to write a book and most likely to burn one?”
“My kids just brought home a beautiful pumpkin, but you know what? I'm going to return it because it's a Democratic pumpkin. It has the orange color of John Kerry's tan, and the roundness of Teddy Kennedy.”
“Any parent that relies on any law to help him parent is an idiot.”
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