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It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

H. L. Mencken

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Wie der Pastor lehrt, ist nicht der Materialismus der Hauptfluch der Welt, sondern der Idealismus. Männer geraten in Schwierigkeiten, wenn sie ihre Visionen und Halluzinationen zu ernst nehmen.

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