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mirage [mir-rahzh] Noun 1. an image of a distant object or sheet of water, often inverted or distorted, caused by atmospheric refraction by hot air 2. something illusory: the mirage of economic recovery [French, from (se) mirer to be reflected]
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That is a mirage, cheap mirage, revolting, romantic and fantastical--that's another ball on Lake Como. Yet there has always been this essential difference between them, that while the Buddhist regards the senses as windows looking out upon unreality and mirage, to the Taoist they are doors through which the freed soul rushes to mingle with the colours and tones and contours of the universe. Waste forces within him, and a desert all around, this man stood still on his way across a silent terrace, and saw for a moment, lying in the wilderness before him, a mirage of honourable ambition, self-denial, and perseverance. |
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