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Interpretation quotes

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“No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” John Locke, “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” - 1689

“If we avail ourselves for a moment longer of the right to elaborate from the dream interpretation such far-reaching psychological speculations, we are in duty bound to demonstrate that we are thereby bringing the dream into a relationship which...” Sigmund Freud, “The Interpretation of Dreams” - 1899

“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter—often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter—in the eye.” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“The ideas so far produced are insufficient for the interpretation of the dream.” Sigmund Freud, “The Interpretation of Dreams” - 1899

“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means” Umberto Eco, “The Name of the Rose” - 1980

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Sigmund Freud (2)
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