Quotes by Trilling, Lionel

Literature is the human activity that make the fullest and most precis >>

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless >>

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. >>

Quotations about Plagiarism

Perish those who said our good things before we did. >>

He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other po >>

I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow. >>

The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals.

Trilling, Lionel