Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man...

Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man...

Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices...

Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices...