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Sydney Smith: Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his…

Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.

In today’s wordsEveryone should be busy, doing the highest work they're capable of, and die knowing they did their best.

Sydney SmithCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (10th ed., rev. 1919)

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