“If you use a trick in logic, whom can you be tricking other than yourself?”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 24e

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Ludwig Wittgenstein 228

Austrian-British philosopher 1889–1951

Charles de Lint (1951) author

"Journal Entries", p. 186
Memory and Dream (1994)
Context: I've always had these bouts of depression; I hide them well but doesn't mean they aren't there. … I didn't have anyone around for whom I had to put on a cheerful mask. The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

“You’re better than this, Adrian. Whatever the reason, you’re better than it. Don’t trick yourself into thinking you’re weaker than you are”

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“When you trick people into laughing at themselves, that's wit. If you don't laugh at yourself, everything becomes heavy.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

Interview with The Boston Globe (1989)

“You can play jacks, and girls do that with a soft ball and do tricks with it.”

Dutch Schultz (1902–1935) American mobster

From police transcripts of incoherent deathbed confession

“If you wanted to get yourself killed, there was no better way than to think you knew all the tricks. It took experience to make you realize that the universe could always pull another one out of the bag and throw it at you.”

Charles Sheffield book Resurgence

Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 8, “Theories, Theories, Theories” (p. 84)

“Doing magic, you not only have to be able to do a trick, you have to have a little story line to go with it. And writing is essentially a trick.”

Ken Kesey (1935–2001) novelist

Trip of a Lifetime (1999)
Context: What I always wanted to be was a magician... My real upbringing when I was a teenager was doing magic shows, all over the state, with my father and brothers. Doing magic, you not only have to be able to do a trick, you have to have a little story line to go with it. And writing is essentially a trick.