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Just as surely as distress must follow self-deceit, healing must follow self-honesty.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Honesty
Healing
Follow
Self
Must
Deceit
Distress
Surely

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