Quotation record · reviewed 2026-08-09
Circulates under Sigmund Freud
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Freud's sentence names the interpretation of dreams and the activities of the mind. The popular aphorism changes it into a statement about dreams themselves.
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
Earliest traceable appearance in this record: 1900, The Interpretation of Dreams, chapter 2.
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