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There is a courage of happiness as well as a courage of sorrow.

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
Happiness
Wells
Well
Sorrow
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