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PUBLISHED: July 31, 2005 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 22, 2021 at 11:24 PM CDT

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One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.

–From “The Devil’s Dictionary” by Ambrose Bierce

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