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Satire must
not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a
higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else,
hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as
against the possible heights that humanity might attain.
-- Paul Klee
1879-1940, Swiss Artist
It is said
that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I
wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire
would reflect that the finest satirist always has something
of both in him.
-- Georg C. Lichtenberg
1742-1799, German Physicist,
Satirist
Satire is
focused bitterness.
-- Leo Rosten
1908-1997, Polish Born
American Political Scientist
Satire is a
sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover
everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason
for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that
so very few are offended with it.
-- Jonathan Swift
1667-1745, Anglo-Irish
Satirist
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