Quote #262,252
"Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect..." — Lionel Trilling
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
check_circle
Copied to clipboard!
More from Lionel Trilling
View AllIt is possible that the contemplation of cruelty will not make us humane but cruel; that the reiteration of the badness of our spiritual condition will make us consent to it.— Lionel Trilling