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We are so constituted that we can gain intense pleasure only from the contrast, and only very little from the condition itself.
We are so constituted that we can gain intense pleasure only from the contrast, and only very little from the condition itself.
Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
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- Sigmund Freud
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- Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1856 to 1939; Wikidata Q9215, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9215 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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