Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.…

Samuel Johnson
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1848). The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.132
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1848). The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.132

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