"Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony."

"Ironic philosophies produce passionate works."

"Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence. If two baseball players from the same hometown, on…"

"When irony first makes itself known in a young man's life, it can be like his first experience of getting drunk; he h…"

"The ironist is not bitter, he does not seek to undercut everything that seems worthy or serious, he scorns the cheap …"

"The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize clear ideas."

"Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom."

"One of the earliest and best statements of this counter-trend [challenging the concept of irony] can be found in Hege…"

"There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage …"

"'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low: So the struck eagle, st…"