This quote is written / told by Lionel Trilling between July 4, 1905 and November 5, 1975. He/she was a famous Critic from USA.
The author also have 18 other quotes.
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"