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Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. we are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. the suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other.
-Sigmund Freud
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Our Possibilities Of Happiness Are Already Restricted

Sigmund Freud
Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. we are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. the suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other.
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