The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
--Marcus Tullius Cicero
The college has little lines of inspiration posted throughout the hallways. The Cicero quote fills a sign which is attached to a fence used as barrier for a construction zone in front of a building being remodeled.
While most of the lines are generaly practical and useful thoughts to consider, I have trouble with the above phrase. There seems to be an inherent sense that you have to overcome an "obstacle" in order to achieve. Why do we buy it? Why we believe in a concept which seems to set us for struggles?
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