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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

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

Category:
Equality
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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
Humor
category

A poor joke must invent its own laughter. – Proverb

Category:
Humor

I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor. – Dana Carvey

Category:
Humor

If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor. – Kate Beckinsale

Category:
Humor

Sure, the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs, but theyre uncomfortable laughs. – John Ratzenberger

Category:
Humor

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Category:
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Category:
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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. – Maurice Maeterlinck

Category:
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