Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Praise Quotes

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...