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Psychoanalysis is a science conducted by lunatics for lunatics. They are generally concerned with proving that people are irresponsible and they certainly succeed in proving that some people are
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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He must not merely cling to life, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death, for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it.
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The big corporation is not in the least remarkable for efficiency it is only too big to be blamed for its inefficiency.
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