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“The price of civilization is instinctual renunciation.”

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Sigmund Freud, born on May 6, 1856, in Moravia, and died on September 23, 1939, in London, was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Known as the father of modern psychology, Freud made significant contributions to the understanding of human psychology, introducing concepts such as the unconscious mind, dream analysis, and sexual theory. more

“Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world; and, whatever apparent disadvantages he may suffer in the comparison with others, he has some invisible distinctions, some latent reserve of excellence, which he throws into the balance, and by which he generally fancies that it is turned in his favour.”

Source: Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings

“I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.”

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Author:Bob Hoskins

“Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.”

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Book:The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works

Source: The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works

Quote by Sigmund Freud

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