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One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Abandon
Idea
Ruins
Money
Revenge
Cannot
Reputation
Mistreat
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False
Deceive
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Deceiving
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Hurt
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