Famous quotes containing the word illusions:
“A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Of all illusions in the world, the most universally received is the concern for reputation and glory, which we espouse even to the point of giving up riches, rest, life, and health, which are effectual and substantial goods, to follow that vain phantom and mere sound that has neither body nor substance.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
“Illusions are certainly expensive amusements: but the destruction of illusions is even more expensivewhen looked upon as an amusement, which to many people is what it undeniably is.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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