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Old 04-13-2012, 03:50 PM
Deegeea Deegeea is offline
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Odd quote attributed to Confucius, did he really say it?

This has been asked before, years ago, but no satisfactory answer. I was wondering if anyone's discovered an answer in the interim?

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=283271

'Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.'

The quote "Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life" just appeared in someone's tagline on another board, attributed to Confucius.

It struck me that this really wasn't very believable. If Confucius said something translated that way, it might not be the most accurate translation either.

Anyone know for sure?
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