Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
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Sigmund Freud Quote
“One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be “happy” is not included in the plan of “Creation.”…We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.”
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