We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be read more

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

It is our illusions that create the world

It is our illusions that create the world

A woman should be an illusion.

A woman should be an illusion.

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against read more

It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore read more

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.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create read more

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.