IRONY

Related Subjects: Ridicule, Sarcasm, Satire

1. Irony is the foundation of the character of Providence.—BALZAC, Eugenie Grandet
   

2. Irony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point­blank; he implies it in the politest terms he can invent.—BULWER-LYTTON
   

3. Life's Little Ironies.—THOMAS HARDY, Title of Collection of Short Stories
   

4. Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.—CHARLES LAMB

5. Irony is jesting hidden behind gravity.—JOHN WEISS, Wit, Humor and Shakespeare