The poet may be used as a barometer but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
The poet may be used as a barometer but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
Author: 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.
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.
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.
We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.