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When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Attack
Neither
Energy
Strong
Mind
Retain
Genuinely
Defend

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