Satire should, like a polished razor keen,
Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.


To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace, Book ii. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.