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> [ \[Censors are\] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear their own weaknesses. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/censors-are-people-with-secret-attractions-to-various-temptations/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

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## More by Ernest Jones

> [I wish to emphasize that there are no secrets to golf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/i-wish-to-emphasize-that-there-are-no-secrets-to-golf/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [ \[Censors are\] people with secret attractions to various temptations... They are defending themselves under the pretext of defending others, because at heart they fear… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/censors-are-people-with-secret-attractions-to-various-temptations/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [“Writing on this subject in 1904 Freud gave the reason for our unshakable conviction of freedom of choice. He remarked that it is far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/writing-on-this-subject-in-1904-freud-gave-the-reason-for-our/)

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> [...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/whatever-other-qualities-jews-may-posses-likable-or-the-reverse-no/)

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> [Dividing the swing into its parts is like dissecting a cat. You'll have blood and guts and bones all over the place. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/dividing-the-swing-into-its-parts-is-like-dissecting-a-cat-you-ll/)

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> [“We will hold together through this life, so easily apprehensible in its immediate aims but so incomprehensible in its final purpose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/we-will-hold-together-through-this-life-so-easily-apprehensible-in/)

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> [Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/man-s-chief-enemy-is-his-own-unruly-nature-and-the-dark-forces-put-up/)

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> [“Not only is the organism a part of the physical universe but the world of organisms itself is one family.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/not-only-is-the-organism-a-part-of-the-physical-universe-but-the/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [ \[Freud's\] great strength, though sometimes also his weakness, was the quite extraordinary respect he had for the singular fact... When he got hold of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/freud-s-great-strength-though-sometimes-also-his-weakness-was-the/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [“How very much easier it is for the human mind to tolerate external danger than internal dangers,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/how-very-much-easier-it-is-for-the-human-mind-to-tolerate-external/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [“Thou owest nature a death.’“ Another”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/thou-owest-nature-a-death-another/)

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> [“The control man has secured over nature has far outrun his control over himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/the-control-man-has-secured-over-nature-has-far-outrun-his-control/)

[Ernest Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-jones/)

> [His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to do so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-jones/his-mother-s-favorite-he-possessed-the-self-confidence-that-told-him/)

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