Whether or not Freud was right when he muttered in exasperation that the Irish were the only people who could… — Thomas Cahill
Whether or not Freud was right when he muttered in exasperation that the Irish were the only people who could not be helped by psychoanalysis, there can be no doubt of one thing: the Irish will never change.
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