There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

  • -- Lionel Trilling 特里林

我们受过良好教育的阶层的政治思想和我们的想象力之间没有任何联系。

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Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable -- tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

政治一直是可能性的艺术。如今,这往往是一种可能性的艺术——在没有更大远见、没有乐观和想象力的情况下,在边缘修修补补。

I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together.

我坚信个人和政治的本质是交织在一起的;我想他们会搬到一起。

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

什么样的聪明人会犯罪呢?犯罪是政治笨蛋的最后手段。

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

对我来说,幻想的天赋比我吸收积极知识的天赋更重要。