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Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Anything
Rude
Persons
Identify
Person
Cruel
Like
Frightened
Whenever
Instead
Stupid
Encountering
Else
Troublesome

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