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This proverb means that we cannot achieve success in anything without effort and sacrifice. At first sight, this may seem not quite , for we can think of examples of people who have gained much without any trouble to themselves. A man who happens to been born the son of a millionaire will inherit great wealth on his father's death without any effort on his part, and sometimes win large sums of money in a lottery without the slightest effort. However, such instances of good fortune are rare and not be expected. For most people, it remains true that success can be won only at the cost of hard work.
It is true in education and scholarship. As the philosopher told the king, "There is no royal road to learning." A student can become a scholar unless he works hard, denies himself ease and pleasure, and devotes himself to books. No idler ever achieved fame a scholar.
Some men are born with great artistic gifts. They have a natural genius for music, painting, poetry, literature, or acting. would think there would be no need for such geniuses to work. But experience teaches us that no natural genius has ever the master of his art and achieved complete success who has not cultivated and perfected his gift through untiring industry and constant .
Success certainly depends very largely on hard work and taking pains in business life. The man who goes to his office late goes home early, who leaves the work to his subordinates and spends his time on amusements, will never be a successful . On the other hand, the men who have made fortunes have all been hard workers. "No pains, no gains" is certainly true in .
It is true, too, in a more important matter: character-building. Few men are naturally good, and a fine, noble character is, as rule, the result of effort and struggle. It requires ceaseless moral effort to form good habits, break bad habits, and resist the to develop virtues. No one becomes good in their sleep.