"Where there is no difficulty there is no…" — Samuel Johnson
"Where there is no difficulty there is no praise."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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People that go through what I went through and people going through divorce, it's really a difficulty process; it's heartbreaking…
— David Arquette
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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge…
— Mary Astell
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn…
— Saint Augustine
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty.
— Paul Auster
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that.…
— Michele Bachmann
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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which,…
— Douglas Adams
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
— John Quincy Adams
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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away,…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves…
— Thomas Beecham
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