• There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.

  James Russell Lowell
  American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819-1891
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1. self-delusion
2. conscience
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4. groveling
5. sensual
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There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual. by : James Russell Lowell

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