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“Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.”

Men Would Be Desire Strong Danger Fame Losing Difficulty Pursuit Vain Sufficient Very Strong Obtaining

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“There is but one pursuit in life which it is in the power of all to follow, and of all to attain. It is subject to no disappointments, since he that perseveres, makes every difficulty an advancement, and every contest a victory; and this is the pursuit of virtue.”

Virtue Subjects Victory Difficulty Disappointment Pursuit Contests Advancement Persevere

Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“If an author be supposed to involve his thoughts in voluntary obscurity, and to obstruct, by unnecessary difficulties, a mind eager in the pursuit of truth; if he writes not to make others learned, but to boast the learning which he possesses himself, and wishes to be admired rather than understood, he counteracts the first end of writing, and justly suffers the utmost severity of censure, or the more afflicting severity of neglect.”

Ifs Writing Mind Firsts Ends Suffering Wish Understood Difficulty Pursuit Neglect Unnecessary Boast Obscurity Censure Severity

Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with its difficulties and a pursuit of its felicities and beauty.”

Form Novel Serious Conflict Difficulty Pursuit Crafts Discussion Conquest Preoccupation Felicity Thematic

Author:Ralph Ellison

“There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time, and means on matters and pursuits of far less use and value; whereof, if but a small part were directed to sound and solid studies, there is no difficulty that might not be overcome.”

Ifs Thinking Men Mean Matter Use Might Science Values Understanding Sound Study Overcoming Let Me Difficulty Infinite Pursuit Small Parts Expenditures

Book:The Great Instauration

Source: The Great Instauration

“Our predicament is not the difficulty of attaining happiness, but the difficult of avoiding the misery to which the pursuit of happiness exposes us.”

Difficult Difficulty Misery Pursuit Avoiding Pursuit Of Happiness Predicaments Attaining Happiness

Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott

“A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.”

Life Happiness Easy Difficult Difficulty Pursuit Ease

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.”

Needs Tools Perfection Connections Difficulty Adversity Valuable Pursuit Pursuit Of Perfection

Author:Marvin J. Ashton

“A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.”

Men Has Beens Feelings Literature Marriage Duty Difficulty Pursuit

Book:The American Senator

Source: The American Senator