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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficult

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

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Coffee (or Tea)
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Samuel Johnson
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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern… No, Sir there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
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Samuel Johnson
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Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. – Samuel Johnson

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Thrift
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Success
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so. – Francesca Annis

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Success

While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. Id say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Success

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. – Herbert Read

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Success

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nations economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens. – Tim Holden

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Success

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My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldnt put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant. – Jamie Oliver

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dad

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individuals life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope. – Hillary Clinton

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Future

Hes the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. – Mae West

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Marriage

I think one reason for a successful marriage is laughter. I think laughter gets you through the rough moments in a marriage. – Bob Newhart

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Marriage