Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Praise Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

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...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.