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Happiness is liberty from everything that makes us unhappy.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Unhappy
Liberty
Happiness
Makes
Everything

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