#illusion

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. ↗

— Rebecca West

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#first of all #illusion #pleasures

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. ↗

— Antonio Gramsci

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The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. ↗

— Horace Greeley

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If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#best #change #come #disillusioned #ever

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things. ↗

— Jane Asher

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Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion. ↗

— Robert Burton

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Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. ↗

— Alexander Chase

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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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