Quote by Lionel Trilling
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary wea

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

Other quotes by Lionel Trilling

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

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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

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Other Quotes from
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Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse. – Groucho Marx

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Humor

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. – Chinese Proverb

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Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didnt have a sense of humor. – Martin Sheen

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Humor

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor. – Betty White

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Humor

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