#delusive

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me? ↗

— John James Audubon

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It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most "familiarity" is meditated and delusive. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

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Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive. ↗

— Leland Stanford

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