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evasion

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves. T. S. Eliot

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it. Malcolm Muggeridge

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, an evasion simply muddles 'em. Harper Lee

As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived. German Proverb

The law devised, its evasion contrived. Portuguese Proverb

No sooner is the law made than its evasion is discovered. Italian Proverb

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