Irony

Saying one thing while wanting another to be understood, often the opposite. The true meaning is left to the reader or listener.

In The Master and Margarita

He would soon understand how good was the life of the fortunate members of Massolit, and soon he would begin to gnaw at himself with envy, tormented. And soon he would hurl bitter complaints at the heavens for not having blessed him, at birth, with literary talent, without which, naturally, he could not even dream of owning a Massolit membership card, the color of coffee, which smells of expensive leather and has a broad gold border

The narrator feigns pity for those who lack literary talent and says that, "naturally," he could not even dream of the card, as if privilege rewarded merit. The serious, almost sympathetic tone dismantles the order it seems to defend.

Part One, Chapter 5: It happened at Griboyedov, The narrator

They are people like any others. They like money, but it has always been so... Humanity likes money, no matter what it is made of: leather, paper, bronze, or gold. Well, they are frivolous... what can you do... mercy sometimes strikes their hearts... they are ordinary people... on the whole they remind one of people from the past... only the housing problem has corrupted them...

Part One, Chapter 12: Black magic and its revelation, Woland

A child, an anonymous letter, a pamphlet, a time bomb, and heaven knows what else, but no one would get rid of four hundred dollars

Part One, Chapter 15: Nikanor Ivanovich's dream, The host of Nikanor Ivanovich's dream

That is a fact. And a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.

Part Two, Chapter 23: Satan's grand ball, Woland

I'm not doing anything, I'm not bothering anyone, I'm fixing the primus stove [...] and I still consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient and sacred animal

Part Two, Chapter 27: The End of Apartment Number 50, Behemoth

he is wearing a lilac dress suit, he is bloated from so much salmon, but he has foreign money, and ours, what about ours?!

Part Two, Chapter 28: The last adventures of Korovyov and Behemoth, Korovyov