Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state. - Alexander Pope

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A career, like a business, must be budgeted. When it is necessary, the budget can be adjusted to meet changing conditions. A life that hasn't a definite plan is likely to become driftwood.

Alexander Pope

Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

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Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

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