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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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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden

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Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more if future fortunes were known before! – John Dryden

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Future
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Death in itself is nothing but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. – John Dryden

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People dont choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. – John Dos Passos

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

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If I had my career over again? Maybe Id say to myself, speed it up a little. – Jimmy Stewart

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The question isnt at what age I want to retire, its at what income. – George Foreman

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I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims. – Timothy Radcliffe

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