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Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Die meisten Dinge, die wir tun, tun wir aus keinem besseren Grund, als dass unsere Väter sie getan haben oder unsere Nachbarn sie tun, und dasselbe trifft auf einen größeren Teil zu, als wir von dem, was wir denken, vermuten.

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