"An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground."

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Source : "Close Relationships". Book by Christoph Martin Wieland, transl. by Harry T. Reis and Caryl E. Rusbult, p. 321, 2004.

Christoph Martin Wieland

#Illusion Quotes #Drag Quotes #Make Me Happy Quotes

“Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.”
“There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it”
“Fear is the foundation of all human limitations.”
“Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.307
“I don't like being mediocre. I won't be.”
“All great achievements have one thing in common - people with a passion to succeed”
“Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization.”
“I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea.”

Source : Gary Paulsen (2007). “Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats”, p.4, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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