Satirists

1. Jonathan Swift

1.1. A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle.

1.2. Don't set your wit against a child.

1.3. For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

2. Oscar Wilde

2.1. A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

2.2. A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

2.3. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

3. George Bernard Shaw

3.1. Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

3.2. England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

3.3. First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

4. Mark Twain

4.1. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

4.2. A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

4.3. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

5. Voltaire

5.1. Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

5.2. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

5.3. God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.