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Natural Instinct Quotes

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

John Sterling (1848). “Essays and tales, collected and ed., with a memoir, by J.C. Hare”, p.146

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

Sigmund Freud, Peter (AFT) Gay, Christopher Hitchens (2010). “Civilization and Its Discontents”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts.

George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff (1998). “The World of George Jean Nathan: Essays, Reviews, & Commentary”, Hal Leonard Corporation