Quotemeal: Jan. 13th, 1964

Monday, January 13, 1964

"Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."
— John Dryden

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Illustration of John Dryden — "Look around the habitable world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue."

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