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It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable a

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

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Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. – Joseph Conrad

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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad

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Peace
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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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Illusion

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life, than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith. – Harry A. Overstreet

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Illusion

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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Illusion

We always think every other mans job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks. – Eden Phillpotts

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For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked. – Bill Cosby, Love and Marriage

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Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles the love, not the disappointments the common sense, not the complexities. – Fred G. Gosman

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I didnt want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting. – David McCallum

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