الهجاءُ مرآةٌ من زجاج، يرى فيها الناظرون عامّةً وجوهَ الجميع إلّا وجوههم. وهذا هو السبب الأكبر لاستقبالها الحسن في العالم، ولقلّة من يغضبون منها.

“Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.”Jonathan Swift — The Very Best of Jonathan Swift In Plain and Simple English (Translated) (2013)