Who said “Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.”?

“Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.”

“Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity.”

“Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.”

“Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.”

“Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.”

“Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.”

“Good drama must be drastic.”

“Virtue is reason which has become energy.”

“It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.”

“Every uneducated person is a caricature of himself.”

“A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.”