Satire Quotations

It is difficult not to write satire.

In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.

Satire is what closes Saturday night.

Kennedy didn't beat Nixon. Satire beat Nixon.

Satire is the disease of art.

Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

Satire that the censor understands is rightly censored.

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.

Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it.

Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden