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Poemsia

by Lang Leav (Goodreads Author)

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Balu’s Quotes

“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: love

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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
― Sigmund Freud

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“In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis.”
― Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion

tags: childish, idea, neurosis, neurotic, optimistic

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“A tiger doesn't proclaim his tigritude, he pounces”
― Wole Soyinka

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“No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.”
― Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion

tags: future, gains, hope, illusion, inspirational, knowledge, progress, science, understanding

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