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Quote by Lionel Trilling
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which th

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

Other quotes by Lionel Trilling

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. – Lionel Trilling

Category:
Humor
Author
Lionel Trilling
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There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling

Category:
Imagination
Author
Lionel Trilling
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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. – Lionel Trilling

Category:
Paradise, Utopia
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Lionel Trilling
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Other Quotes from
legal
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Companies shouldnt use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal. – Jon Johansen

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legal

You need to find somebody who will speak the same language. We understand that we couldnt have any kind of discussion without permission, without a legal framework behind it. – Anatoly Chubais

Category:
legal

Instead, California is one of only 10 states that provides in-state college and university tuition to illegal immigrants. Thats grossly unfair to a legal high school student who moves out of California for a year, then returns to attend college. – Elton Gallegly

Category:
legal

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. – Charles Lamb

Category:
legal

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Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine. – Louis Aragon

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If junk food is the devil, then a sweet orange is as scripture. – Terri Guillemets

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Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit. – Matthew Arnold

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