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Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

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We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. – Cyril Connolly

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It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel. – John Keats

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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. – Joseph Conrad

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The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. – Yasutani Roshi

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There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy. – Timothy Geithner

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I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody elses. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that theres no truth. – Flannery OConnor

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