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If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about se

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"If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism"

- Wallace Stevens

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This quote is written / told by Wallace Stevens between October 2, 1879 and August 2, 1955. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 38 other quotes.

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