“Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: humor
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There is no connection between the political
“There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: imagination
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Every neurosis is a primitive form of
“Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: legal
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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: art
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We are all ill: but even a
“We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.”
— Lionel Trilling
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Category: health
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The poet may be used as a
“The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: poetry
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We who are liberal and progressive know
“We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.”
— Lionel Trilling
Author: Lionel Trilling
Category: equality
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