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c321e55 The instinct of self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at the bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them nonexistent, and a warning such as mine against cheap optimism was bound to prove particularly unwelcome at a moment when a sumptuously laid supper was awaiting for us in the next room. warning humanity optimism awaiting aware banish cheap-optimism dangers danger nonexistent supper unwelcome awareness human-beings cowardice self-deception instinct food Stefan Zweig