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It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.

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
Human
Triumph
Humans
Appear
Great
Humility
Submissiveness
Make
Oneself
Expedients
Small
Triumphs
Often
Neurotic
Science
Wit
Order
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