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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Book by Samuel Johnson · 7 quotes · Achievement, Pleasure, Achieved Success

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“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.”

“Pleasure, in itself harmless, may become mischievous, by endearing to us a state which we know to be transient and probatory, and withdrawing our thoughts from that of which every hour brings us nearer to the beginning, and of which no length of time will bring us to the end. Mortification is not virtuous in itself, nor has any other use, but that it disengages us from the allurements of sense. In the state of future perfection, to which we all aspire, there will be pleasure without danger, and security without restraint.”