Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. From LearnThat.org. [Lord Byron (1788-1824), English poet, from English Bards and Scotch Reviewers.]
satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own--Jonathan Swift. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What a satire is the appearance of these fairy ships amidst all the rough work of war!. From Wordnik.com. [Journal Kept During The Russian War: From The Departure Of The Army From England In April 1854, To The Fall Of Sebastopol] Reference
How, then, can he help what we call satire, if he accept Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's invitation and describe her party?. From Wordnik.com. [Literary and Social Essays] Reference
How, then, can he help what we call satire, if he accept Mrs. Rawdon Crawleys invitation and describe her party?. From Wordnik.com. [Thackeray in America] Reference
This is an amusement to sharpen the intellect; it has a sting -- it has what we call satire, and wit without indecency. From Wordnik.com. [Middlemarch] Reference
I personally believe that satire is the best form. From Wordnik.com. [.270 vs.] Reference
If satire is the mode, then nostalgia is the theme. From Wordnik.com. [How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision] Reference
But the Biblical satire is ultimately not the point. From Wordnik.com. [Script Review: Harold Ramis' Year One - Biblical Blasphemy « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Social satire is a strong feature of much graffiti art. From Wordnik.com. [Social satire is a strong feature of much graffiti art. This example was photographed in Mexico City. © Anthony Wright, 2009] Reference
Of course I know that satire is not intended literally. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Rehabilitating Pharaoh] Reference
But the insidery showbiz satire is still far from a hit. From Wordnik.com. [Critics, Emmys love '30 Rock'; when will the viewers?] Reference
More insightful (and "inciteful") satire from the Onion!. From Wordnik.com. [The Onion Strikes - NASA Watch] Reference
The yolk of satire is on you until we can get enough rope. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Move Over Supreme Court: Rice Anoints Gonzales As “The Highest Legal Authority In The Country”] Reference
In Russia this kind of political satire is always dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Russia: Channel “2×2″ censors Putin episode of South Park] Reference
Sometimes, a little heavy-handed satire is just what you need. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Yeah, even my own satire is starting to repeat on me … Sorry. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Unlikely ‘War on Christmas’ skeptic:] Reference
Ask them to look up the word satire and have them read it to you. From Wordnik.com. [Drudge Retort] Reference
Hey, you know that Sarah Palin said satire is fine by her, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Profit-Seeking Palin Reportedly Rips CPAC As A Profiteering Convention] Reference
In fact, satire is one our primary ways of getting points across. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Congress Explicitly Said War Resolution Did Not Expand Executive Power] Reference
In other words, satire is usually another way of "saying something.". From Wordnik.com. [Comedy in Literature] Reference
According to Fo satire is what makes the most forceful impact on man. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 - Presentation Speech] Reference
(Not actually satire because satire is CLEVER and this is just sad ...). From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Not Out] Reference
Well, they say good satire is hard to distinguish from the real thing. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
In fact, the only reason I see this as satire is because this guy is a Dem. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Congressman: We Should ‘Prevent Those Who Commit Adultery or Get a Divorce From Running for Office’] Reference
Good satire is hard to find and science fiction satire is even harder to find. From Wordnik.com. [On Reviewing Science Fiction] Reference
Graber's post's satire is so scattershot it isn't really worth much attention. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Groucho Marx Would Surely Have Something To Say About This.] Reference
When it comes to news programming, satire is more real than the real thing …. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
Things have not changed, and the point of his satire is that things do not change. From Wordnik.com. [Stone Pastorals: Three Men on the Side of the Horses] Reference
Where satire is a humour of morals and manners, invective sinks its teeth into misconduct. From Wordnik.com. [ccfinlay: Yes, The First Question Is Rhetorical] Reference
Unlike the more familiar kind of "corrective" satire, Menippean satire is not a mode of moral discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Postmodernism] Reference
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, what this is all about is what some call satire and some call a crass attempt at political satire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2008] Reference
… maybe satire is the best way to examine this election. From Wordnik.com. [Cooperative Blog » 2008 » October » 15] Reference
Let her bring on her brand of "satire" - and give the crowd a chance to laugh her off the stage. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Philadelphia -] Reference
It also might be called a satire on high school dramas. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The contrast of this so-called satire, and the really satiric touches of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Elizabethan Literature] Reference
Perhaps not only about these images, but about the idea of satire in aesthetics?. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
I then adjoined the first sketch of what has since been called my satire on Addison. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope] Reference
It is called a satire, but after much diligent reading, we cannot discover the satire. From Wordnik.com. [The Potiphar Papers] Reference
A satire is a poem which holds up to scorn and ridicule wickedness, folly, or stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
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