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Removal of BDNF before bullying, or treatment with antidepressants after bullying, both removed the behavioral abnormality observed.


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ERIC HOFFER There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
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ERIC HOFFER Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
ERIC HOFFER Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses ...
ERIC HOFFER We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are ...
ERIC HOFFER