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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. - Sigmund Freud

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Austrian psychiatrist 1856-1939

Born:6th May, 1856
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Starsign: Taurus

Author Keywords: Psychiatrist, Austrian

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