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Follow your heart always, and remember to take your head along with you.

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
Take
Heart
Always
Follow
Along
Head
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