By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
Source: The Colby Essays, vol. 1, Simple Simon, 1926.
-- Frank Moore Colby, (Feb 10 1865-1925), US encyclopedia editor, essayist; His collection of essays, The Colby Essays, 1921, includes On Seeing Ten Bad Plays and Trials of an Encyclopedist.