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Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience we forget what we knew in our dream.

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Men
Conscience
Silence
Knew
Sleep
Forget
Often
Cannot
Occasion
Dream
Occasions

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