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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”

Samuel Johnson

Source
Rasselas
Date
1759
Local voice
Fictional character · Imlac
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Meaning of “Great works are performed not by strength but…”

Large achievements often depend more on continued effort than on a single burst of power.

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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

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Imlac says this to Prince Rasselas after their first exhausting attempts to cut a way out of the Happy Valley.

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