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Two hallmarks of a healthy life are the abilities to love and to work. Each requires imagination.

Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
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Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
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Sigismund Schlomo Freud
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