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When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception hence his delusion.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Told
Everyone
Lives
Men
Thinking
Hence
Delusion
Exception
Thinks

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