To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficultyto keep heart when all have lost it to go through intrigue spotlessto forego even ambition when the end is gained who can say this is not greatness. (William Makepeace Thackeray)

To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficultyto keep heart when all have lost it to go through intrigue spotlessto forego even ambition when the end is gained who can say this is not greatness.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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