Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for wh…

Thomas Carlyle
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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1834). Fraser's Magazine, p.195
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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ✨ Thomas Carlyle (1834). Fraser's Magazine, p.195

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