‘Not particularly pleasant’

Houses on Louisburg Square, on Beacon Hill, Boston

— Photo by Ajay Suresh

“Nothing which is worth while is easy, nor in my experience is the actual doing of it particularly pleasant. The pleasure arises from completion and from the knowledge that one has done the right thing and has stood by one’s convictions.’'

From John P. Marquand’s (1893-1960) The Late George Apley, Marquand’s brilliant satirical novel about upper-crust Boston