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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country.

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
Men
Nationalism
Patriotic
Patriotism
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