Irony is the birth-pangs of the objective mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between existence and the idea of existence). Humor is the birth -pangs of the absolute mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between the I and the idea of the I .
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do
Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.