“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
“The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.”
“People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.”
Robin Williams
“I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”
Lord Byron
“Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.”
Voltaire
“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”
Benjamin Franklin
“We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.”