Modern Trivial

Famous quotes containing the words modern and/or trivial:

“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

“Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.”
—John Fowles (b. 1926)