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Quote by John Dryden
Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or k

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. – John Dryden

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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didnt, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. – Honore de Balzac

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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde

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Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off? – Joan Manley

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