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I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.


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just halfway.

She would outplay,
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LYNN MARGULIS They shall say while they contend therein: / By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error, / When w...
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ALEXANDER HERZEN See what they liken you to! So they have gone astray and cannot find the way.
QURAN To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
TERESA OF AVILA To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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KAREN WITEMEYER Listen and be led.
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