In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known -- that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.
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THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless ... THOMAS HUXLEY Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless ... THOMAS H. HUXLEY Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless... THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless ... THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY It was frustrating to still be in the dark about something and be given only so little light. LAUREN LOLA As is known, it is in the realm of experience inaugurated by psychoanalysis that we may grasp along ... JACQUES LACAN No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. 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