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The old Greeks dwelt on the tendency of human affairs to drift downwards irresistibly to unhappiness. Guilt - that is, untoward and often involuntary actions - pulls generation after generation heavily as lead down, down, down.

Richard Jefferies

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Die alten Griechen verfolgten die Tendenz der menschlichen Angelegenheiten, unwiderstehlich zum Unglück nach unten zu driften. Schuldgefühle - das heißt ungünstige und oft unfreiwillige Handlungen - ziehen Generation für Generation stark an, indem sie nach unten, unten und unten führen.

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