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Fool's paradise   /fulz pˈɛrədˌaɪs/   Listen
Fool's paradise

noun
1.
An illusory state of wellbeing.






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"Fool's paradise" Quotes from Famous Books



... glorious visions! I could have hurled back into the face of the laughing sun, my hate, and called him deceiver and traitor; for had he not, with other causes conspired to smile me, five minutes ago, into a fool's paradise? ...
— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

... this is the true continuation of your friendship; but I see that I must disappoint your expectations. You seem to expect from me some effort of resistance; but why should I resist? I have not much to gain; and now that I have read this paper, and the last of a fool's paradise is shattered, it would be hyperbolical to speak of loss in the same breath with Otto of Gruenewald. I have no party, no policy; no pride, nor anything to be proud of. For what benefit or principle under Heaven do you expect me to contend? ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson



Words linked to "Fool's paradise" :   welfare, wellbeing, eudaimonia, eudaemonia, upbeat, well-being



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