Painterly burning match leaning in a small glass of water on a dark teal surface.

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Charles Lamb

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker advises that anyone unfortunately gifted with a streak of irony should smother it, treating it as something to be kept in check rather than let loose.

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