Quotes about irony

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"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."

France, Anatole on irony

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"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."

Hugo, Victor on irony

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"Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand irony and has no ear for its whispering lacks of what might called the absolute beginning of the personal life. He lacks what at moments is indispensable for the personal life, lacks both the regeneration and rejuvenation, the cleaning baptism of irony that redeems the soul from having its life in finitude though living boldly and energetically in finitude."

Kierkegaard, Søren on irony
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"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves."

Kraus, Karl on irony

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"Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding."

Repplier, Agnes on irony

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"Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time."

Schlegel, Friedrich on irony

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"Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity."

Weiss, John on irony

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"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."

West, Jessamyn on irony