A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did.

Konrad Lorenz
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He had delusions of adequacy.

Walter Kerr
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Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence! -James Smith
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Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another.

H. L. Mencken
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Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Don Marquis
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. -Edward Abbey
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His belief is a firmly established delusion.

Gerald Zerkin
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
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We are not under the delusion this will clear up every single question. -Towson Fraser
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It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Dame Rose Macaulay
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The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Derek Jarman
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