"Self-delusion" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... expanded, and freshened—such is the creative power of human emotion—by that inestimable possession. She could speak to it, smile on it, caress it, and believe, in the ecstasy of her delight, in the carelessness of her self-delusion, that it sympathised with her joy. During her long solitudes, when she was silently watched in her father's absence by the brooding, melancholy stranger whom he had set over her, it became a companion dearer than the flower-garden, dearer ...
— Antonina • Wilkie Collins
... he continued, "that was showered upon the China Expedition leads to a lot of self-delusion. It magnifies an insignificant event to an unnatural degree. Trivial successes stand out as if they were great victories, and cause exaggerated notions of individual infallibilty. This was exactly what happened in the Dutch campaign of ...
— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein
... them Vulgar love of paradox Where knowledge leaves off and ignorance begins Whether they had better live at all Why we teach so much that is not practical Wise enough to confess the fact of absolute ignorance Words that few understand and most will shortly forget Yielding to the tendency to self-delusion Young man knows the rules, but the old ...
— Widger's Quotations from the Works of Oliver W. Holmes, Sr. • David Widger
... what frightens me. Of course, it was pure self-delusion; but, if I am going to begin that sort of folly, it is high time to come away. Indeed, the folly of it. Besides, I suppose I ought to feel ashamed. I am sure he knows now quite well that I love him, and perhaps that is why he looked strangely ...
— The Wings of Icarus - Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher • Laurence Alma Tadema |
