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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. - S

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson

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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. – Samuel Johnson

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

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