Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.
Sigmund FreudAbout author
- Author's profession: Psychologist, Scientist
- Nationality: austrian
- Born: May 6, 1856
- Died: September 23, 1939
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