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and the next assignment is…
If you are interested, the full list of Great Works of Art that I am working through is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/143132846/https://thomastypewriter.art/2026/05/16/and-the-next-assignment-is-14/
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and the next assignment is…
If you are interested, the full list of Great Works of Art that I am working through is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/143132846/https://thomastypewriter.art/2026/05/16/and-the-next-assignment-is-14/
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and the next assignment is…
If you are interested, the full list of Great Works of Art that I am working through is available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/143132846/https://thomastypewriter.art/2026/05/16/and-the-next-assignment-is-14/
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
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. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy; he is always moving to a certain end, and when he has attained it, an end more distant invites him to a new pursuit.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2135/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #accomplishment #difficulty #effort #gratification #greatworks #joy #life #living #pleasure #success
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
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. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy; he is always moving to a certain end, and when he has attained it, an end more distant invites him to a new pursuit.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2135/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #accomplishment #difficulty #effort #gratification #greatworks #joy #life #living #pleasure #success
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
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. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy; he is always moving to a certain end, and when he has attained it, an end more distant invites him to a new pursuit.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2135/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #accomplishment #difficulty #effort #gratification #greatworks #joy #life #living #pleasure #success
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
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. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy; he is always moving to a certain end, and when he has attained it, an end more distant invites him to a new pursuit.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2135/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #accomplishment #difficulty #effort #gratification #greatworks #joy #life #living #pleasure #success
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
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Every noble work is at first impossible. In very truth, for every noble work the possibilities will lie diffused through Immensity; inarticulate, undiscoverable except to faith.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/9798/#quote #quotes #quotation #deeds #faith #greatidea #greatworks #greatness #hope #immensity #magnitude #impossibility
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
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Every noble work is at first impossible. In very truth, for every noble work the possibilities will lie diffused through Immensity; inarticulate, undiscoverable except to faith.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/9798/#quote #quotes #quotation #deeds #faith #greatidea #greatworks #greatness #hope #immensity #magnitude #impossibility
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A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:
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Every noble work is at first impossible. In very truth, for every noble work the possibilities will lie diffused through Immensity; inarticulate, undiscoverable except to faith.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/9798/#quote #quotes #quotation #deeds #faith #greatidea #greatworks #greatness #hope #immensity #magnitude #impossibility
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A quotation from Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George:
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Never get a reputation for a small perfection, if you are trying for fame in a loftier area; the world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiæ, seldom have their minds occupied with great…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bulwer-lytton-edward-george/69447/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #details #fame #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #minutiae #perfection #reputation #trifle #trivia
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A quotation from Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George:
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Never get a reputation for a small perfection, if you are trying for fame in a loftier area; the world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiæ, seldom have their minds occupied with great…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bulwer-lytton-edward-george/69447/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #details #fame #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #minutiae #perfection #reputation #trifle #trivia
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A quotation from Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George:
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Never get a reputation for a small perfection, if you are trying for fame in a loftier area; the world can only judge by generals, and it sees that those who pay considerable attention to minutiæ, seldom have their minds occupied with great…
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bulwer-lytton-edward-george/69447/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #details #fame #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #minutiae #perfection #reputation #trifle #trivia
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld, Francois:
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People who are too much concerned with little things usually become incapable of big ones.
[Ceux qui s’appliquent trop aux petites choses deviennent ordinairement incapables des grandes.]
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/68388/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #deeds #details #distraction #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #matters #pettiness #strategy #tactics #trifle #trivia #trivial
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld, Francois:
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People who are too much concerned with little things usually become incapable of big ones.
[Ceux qui s’appliquent trop aux petites choses deviennent ordinairement incapables des grandes.]
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/68388/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #deeds #details #distraction #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #matters #pettiness #strategy #tactics #trifle #trivia #trivial
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld, Francois:
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People who are too much concerned with little things usually become incapable of big ones.
[Ceux qui s’appliquent trop aux petites choses deviennent ordinairement incapables des grandes.]
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/68388/#quote #quotes #quotation #capability #deeds #details #distraction #focus #greatworks #greatness #littlethings #matters #pettiness #strategy #tactics #trifle #trivia #trivial