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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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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – John Dryden

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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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Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience. – Mother Theresa

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The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt

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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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