"The truth by way of illusion."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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— Gabriel García Márquez

Literature1927–2014

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"To be young is all there is in the world. The rest is nonsense — and cant. They talk so beautifully about work and having a family and a home — but it’s all worry and head-aches and respectable povert…"

— Wallace Stevens

Business1879–1955

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"Religion is heavily laden with the kind of confirmation bias that makes people see their own faiths as true and all others as false. In other words, religion is replete with features to help people fo…"

— Jerry Coyne

Science1949

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