“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

—  Confucius

Misattributed to Confucius since at least 1985; correct origins are dubious, as mentioned in &quot;Choose a Job You Love, and You Will Never Have To Work a Day in Your Life&quot; at QuoteInvestigator.com (2 September 2014) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/09/02/job-love/: the oldest English-language use of the proverb has been found in Woolfolk, Ann, &quot;Toshiko Takaezu,&quot; Princeton Alumni Weekly, Vol. 83(5), 6 October 1982, p. 32: &quot;Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.&quot; (attributed to Arthur Szathmary, who attributes it, in his turn, to an unnamed source). <br class="br">Misattributed, Not Chinese

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Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551–-479 BC

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