Quotes about Disillusionment

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There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've — Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You
Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin — Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
My hopes were all dead --- struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of E — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Personal disillusionment accompanied by self-pity and self-loathing are the Achilles’ heel of modern humankind, represen — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Achievement is the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. — Ambrose Bierce
Fundamental belief consoled him for superficial irony. — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
Jerusalem has a way of disappointing in tormenting both conquerors and visitors. The contrast between the real and heave — Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography
Once the dust of volcanic love has settled and the harshness of a new reality has become oppressive, disillusionment may — Erik Pevernagie
There's truths you have to grow into. — H.G. Wells, Love and Mr. Lewisham
From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building. And just as it had been tradition — F. Scott Fitzgerald, My Lost City: Personal Essays 1920-40
The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of suc — H.W. Brands
Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. — Joan Didion, On Self-Respect
I wish they'd conduct a national poll to find out who feels out of place and who doesn't. Just to get the numbers, you k — John Darnielle
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. — Bryant H. McGill
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. — George Santayana