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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

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

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Obscurity
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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

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Equality
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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

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Imagination
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Other Quotes from
Humor
category

I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant. – Walter Isaacson

Category:
Humor

I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart. – Carmen Electra

Category:
Humor

There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble. – Sinclair Lewis

Category:
Humor

One doesnt have a sense of humor. It has you. – Larry Gelbart

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Humor

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One cant relive ones life. Forgiveness is not whats difficult ones always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, thats obvious. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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I think every time I go in a game, I have added something positive. I have gotten a rebound or made a defensive play. That is what I try to focus on. – Rebecca Lobo

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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde

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