Quotes About Illusion

To-morrow re than an illusion. It's like a poor actor who struts and worries for his hour on the stage and then is never heard from again. Life is a story told by an idiot, full of noise and emotional disturbance but devoid of meaning.

O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering-sweet to be substantial

Borne by the trustless wings of false desire.

O momentary grace of mortal men, Which we more hunt for than the grace of God! Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks, Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready, with every nod, to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep.

meet it is I set it down        That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;        At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark. [

Stay, I prithee tell me what thou think'st of me. Viola: That you do think you are not what you are. Olivia: If I think so, I think the same of you. Viola: Then think you right; I am not what I am. Olivia: I would you were as I would have you be. Viola: Would it be better, madam, than I am? I wish it might, for now I am your fool.

All that glitters is not gold Often you have heard that told.

What, is the jay more precious than the lark Because his fathers are more beautiful? Or is the adder better than the eel Because his painted skin contents the eye?

?ycie jest jedynie przelotnym cieniem; ?a?osnym aktorem, co przez godzin? puszy si? i miota na scenie, po czym znika; opowie?ci? idioty, pe?n? wrzasku i w?ciek?o?ci, a nie znacz?c? nic.

Mad I call it, for to define true madness, what is't to be nothing else but mad?

A vida é a mesma coisa que se ficar num hospício de loucos, pensei. Cada um vai circulando, imerso e afogado em suas próprias desilusões, sem que ninguém veja. A pessoa vai abrindo caminhos pelas celas, passando por entre os companheiros atormentados, rumo àquele que parece o único mentalmente são. Era exatamente o que eu estava fazendo agora.

Stupid is as stupid looks.

I have achieved a great deal to achieve nothing in the end.

The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small State to the wolves is a fatal delusion.

He cherished the illusion of power and consequence when the reality had gone.

A thousand and one is still only a thousand. That one seems never to have existed: a

Woods disguised as woods alive without end, and above them birds in flight play birds in flight.

All'aeroporto Si corrono incontro a braccia spalancate, esclamano ridendo: Finalmente! finalmente!. Entrambi indossano abiti invernali, cappelli caldi, sciarpe, guanti, scarpe pesanti, ma solo ai nostri occhi. Ai loro – sono nudi.

Có? dziwnego zatem, ?e, przera?eni wÅ'asnÄ… sÅ'aboÅ›ciÄ… i ogromem zadaÅ", chowamy gÅ'owÄ™ w piasek i, organizujÄ…c sobie parodiÄ™ przeszÅ'oÅ›ci, uciekamy od Å›wiata w Å›wiatek?

Daj mi teraz marzy?, daj - i ju? nikt nie wie, co jest realne, a czego w ogóle nie ma, gdzie prawda, gdzie zÅ'uda, co siÄ™ czuje, czego siÄ™ nie czuje, gdzie naturalno??, a gdzie sztuczno??, zgrywa i to, co powinno by?, miesza siÄ™ z tym, co nieubÅ'agane jest, i jedno i drugie dyskwalifikuje, jedno drugiemu odbiera wszelkÄ… racjÄ™ bytu, o, wielka szkoÅ'o nierzeczywistoÅ›ci.

As for Gussie Finknottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight.

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak.