From Edith Wharton (1862–1937), Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer The House of Mirth (1905):
Why do we call all our generous ideas illusions, and the mean ones truths?
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A better question: Why do we call our true ideas mean, and the illusions generous?
One on my guiding aphorisms as a writer is that there is nothing written that cannot be edited. Congratulations, you’ve just successfully edited Edith Wharton!