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Self love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing other people a favor, and vice versa.
Karl A. Menninger
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Karl A. Menninger
Age: 96 †
Born: 1893
Born: July 22
Died: 1990
Died: July 18
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Topeka
Kansas
Karl Augustus Menninger
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