DISILLUSION

Related Subjects: Delusion, Error, Imagination, Mistake, Senses, Vision

1. We strip illusion of her veil;
   We vivisect the nightingale
   To probe the secret of his note.—T. B. ALDRICH, Realism
   

2. But time strips our illusions of their hue,
   And one by one in turn, some grand mistake
   Casts off its bright skin yearly, like a snake.—BYRON, Don Juan
   

3. Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.—IBSEN, The Wild Duck
   

4. Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life, than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.—H. A. OVERSTREET, The Enduring Quest
   

5. I was never afraid of disillusion and I have chosen it.—SANTAYANA, I Believe
   

6. Wisdom comes by disillusionment.—SANTAYANA
   

7. If they make you not then the better answer, you may say they are not the men you took them for.—SHAKESPEARE, Much Ado About Nothing