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Nobody adopts antisocial behaviour unless they fear that they will fail if they remain on the social side of life.

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
Remain
Failing
Unless
Nobody
Side
Adopts
Sides
Antisocial
Fear
Behaviour
Social
Fail

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