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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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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus

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A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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The impression forces itself upon one that men measure by false standards, that everyone seeks power, success, riches for himself, and admires others who attain them, while undervaluing the truly precious thing in life. – Sigmund Freud

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

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