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“It is in the nature of paradox that "equations" based on it do not work out. Where paradox contaminates human relations, disease appears.” quote by Paul Watzlawick — Download Open image

““It is in the nature of paradox that "equations" based on it do not work out. Where paradox contaminates human relations, disease appears.””

Paul Watzlawick

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