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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Samuel Johnson (1848). “The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.132

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 2, p. 219 (13 April 1773)

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.82

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 5 Apr. 1776)

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.106