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There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Nothing
Heart
Bitterness
Painful
Walking
Around

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