Quote by Lionel Trilling
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpl

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

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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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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

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The minds passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell. – Adrienne Rich

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Obscurity

Darkness is to space what silence is to sound, i.e., the interval. – Marshall McLuhan

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Obscurity

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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Obscurity

It is better to be looked over than overlooked. – Mae West

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