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One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure.

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
Neurologist
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
Freud
Uncertain
Destructive
Pleasure
Learn
Give
Restrained
Must
Dependable
Giving
Delayed
Momentary

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