Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because r

Facts as facts do not always create a spirit of reality, because reality is a spirit. – G. K. Chesterton

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Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. – E.H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion, 1960

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. – Sigmund Freud

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Question reality, especially if it contradicts the evidence of your hopes and dreams. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The formula “two and two make five” is not without its attractions. – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground, 1864

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