Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Irony Quotes

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is...

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze but by the tone and...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Figures never lie, but liars often figure

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to...

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

A man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes...

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of...

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription....