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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To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not...

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

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...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision,...