Illusion-Disillusionment

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there. (Gombrich)

Nature rejoices in illusion. If a man destroys the power of illusion, either in himself or in others, she punishes him like the harshest tyrant. (Goethe)

Clemenceau had one illusion - France; and one disillusion - mankind, including Frenchmen. (Keynes)

The usual masculine disillusionment in discovering that a woman has a brain. (Mitchell)

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions. (Bernanos)

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. (Horace Greeley)