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The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends.

Cullen Hightower

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Cullen Hightower
Died: 2008
Died: November 27
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Gratification
Soon
Pleasure
Ends
Thought
Never
Evaporates
Thoughtless
Gratifying

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