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Letter "D" » disillusionment
«The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment.»
«Wisdom comes by disillusionment.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
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Disillusionment,
Wisdom
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disillusionment
«Nagging questions remain: Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable? Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic? The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.»
Author: Henry Anatole Grunwald
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blur, blurred, blurring, blurs, disillusionment, nag, nagged, nagging
«In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and bitter disillusionment are self-made»
Author: Kathleen Norris
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Age
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apt, conclusion, disillusionment, horrified, horrify, horrifying, middle age, passionate, self-made
«It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.»
Author: Manly Hall
(Author, Founder, Philosopher)
| About:
Disillusionment
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boredom, disillusionment, in turn, naturally
«There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(Writer)
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disillusionment, Girls, pity, recover, recovering, recovers
«A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment. No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in.»
Author: Henry Miller
(Author, Writer)
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«Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
| About:
Disillusionment
| Keywords:
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