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As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships it, which is the same as self-worship.

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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
Happiness
Unhappiness
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Incredible
Doe
Unhappy
Better
Sounds
Self
Worship
Men
Realize
Worships
Realizing
Concealed
Knowing
Anguish

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