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The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Life
Precaution
Caution
Chief
Chiefs
Danger
May
Take
Importunate
Many
Precautions

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