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Walter Bagehot

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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Walter Bagehot is saying that it feels especially satisfying to succeed at something when others doubt your ability to achieve it. The challenge of proving people wrong adds a unique joy to the accomplishment.

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