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Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.

— Wilhelm Stekel Sigmund Says : And Other Psychotherapists' Quotes (2006)

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More quotes by Wilhelm Stekel

Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.

The Autobiography of Wilhelm Stekel (1950)

Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.

Marriage at the Crossroads (1931)

Every resistance reveals the ego (one's own) in conflict with another.

Obedience is the giving up of the resistance; obstinacy the setting up of fresh resistances.

Defiance is the reaction against activity (aggression) of the environment.

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