#illusions

There are two paths of which one may choose in the walk of life; one we are born with, and the one we consciously blaze. One is naturally true, while the other is a perceptive illusion. Choose wisely at each fork in the road. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

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I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

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We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership. ↗

— Artur Davis

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I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is. ↗

— Alan Watts

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Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. ↗

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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