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Irony Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quote: "Irony takes nothing away from pathos."
Irony takes nothing away from pathos. Gustave Flaubert
Czeslaw Milosz quote: "Irony is the glory of slaves."
Irony is the glory of slaves. Czeslaw Milosz
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of..."
Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There! F. Scott Fitzgerald
Oscar Wilde quote: "Irony is wasted on the stupid"
Irony is wasted on the stupid Oscar Wilde
Julian Barnes quote: "Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the..."
Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity. Julian Barnes
Anatole France quote: "Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. Anatole France
Paul Horgan quote: "Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does."
Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. Paul Horgan
Mason Cooley quote: "Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge."
Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge. Mason Cooley
Jean Stafford quote: "Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality."
Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality. Jean Stafford
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and..."
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel quote: "Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the..."
Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
George Saunders quote: "Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up."
Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up. George Saunders
Elizabeth Bibesco quote: "Irony is the hygiene of the mind."
Irony is the hygiene of the mind. Elizabeth Bibesco
Life was charmed but without politics or religion. It was the life of children of the children of the pioneers -life after God- a life of earthly salvation on the edge of heaven. Perhaps this is the finest thing to which we may aspire, the life of peace, the blurring between dream life and real life - and yet I find myself speaking these words with a sense of doubt. I think there was a trade-off somewhere along the line. I think the price we paid for our golden life was an inability to fully... Doug Coupland
A mouth of no distinction but well practiced, before I entered my teens, in irony. For what is irony but the repository of hurt? And what is hurt but the repository of hope? Joyce Carol Oates

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