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Quote by Sigmund Freud
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intellige

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. – Sigmund Freud

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The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. – Sigmund Freud

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Insults
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Sigmund Freud
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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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Reality
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When I grow up I want to be a little boy. – Joseph Heller, Something Happened, 1974

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Anticipate the day as if it was your birthday and you are turning six again. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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