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It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it. |
It is our illusions that create the world |
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. |
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation |
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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. |
The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place |
The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place |
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