Literary+Quotes

Literary Quotes

Satire is a balladry in which human inadequacies are ridiculed to the point of absurdity. -Hannah Lawrie

You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your power to possess, nor does a wit ever make a more contemptible figure than when, in attempting satire, he shows that he does not understand that which he would make the subject of his ridicule. -Lord Melbourne

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Satire written with little subject knowledge ceases to be satire and becomes sarcasm. Satire written entirely without subject knowledge is simply intolerance manifested as cruelty. -Dana Callahan

We are always thinking and trying to be one step ahead of the author and figure out what the're going to do or propose next. It is a cognitive process that all scholars in the past have embraced and used to propel themselves to another level of intelligence. - Carly Callahan

Englsih is an excellent, unique, varied, and wide-spread language, but personally, I speak five Englishes. -Chelsey Paholski