# Quote — Freud Sigmund, The Future of an Illusion

> A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable.

- Author: [Freud Sigmund](https://www.leafyquotes.com/freud-sigmund.md)
- Book: [The Future of an Illusion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/freud-sigmund/the-future-of-an-illusion.md)
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## More from this book

> It goes without saying that a civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.

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> Immorality, no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.

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> "In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis."

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