“However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.” BeautifulIllusionPaidBargains Book:Aphorisms Source: Aphorisms
“A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.” EndsCountryDreamBeautifulForceEmotionEnemyIllusionNegativeStrifeNegative EmotionsBeautiful Country Author:Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
“Poetry reproduces an indefinable mood that is more amorous than love itself. Venus is not so beautiful all naked, alive, and panting, as she is here in Virgil.” LoveBeautifulPoetryAlivePoetIllusionMoodNakedVenusAmorousIndefinable Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter's ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.” WorldDoeRealityAgeBeautifulLyingYouthIllusionPicksRoundsRealismRiflesShooterAmbush Book:Pierre or The Ambiguities: Works of Melville Source: Pierre or The Ambiguities: Works of Melville