| 单词 | no cross, no crown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno cross, no crown P4. Proverb. no cross, no crown and variants: high achievement is not possible without suffering. ΚΠ 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa sig. H The way to Blisse lyes not on beds of Downe, And he that had no Crosse, deserues no Crowne. 1669 W. Penn (title) No cross, no crown. 1772 J. W. Fletcher Let. 7 Sept. in J. Benson Life Rev. John W. de la Flechere (1805) v. 174 My very dear Friend, No cross, no crown: the heavier the cross, the brighter the crown. 1841 in Extracts Memoranda M. Hagger 10 ‘No Cross no Crown’, is a sure testimony, and will be answered in a future day; if we will not bear the cross, we cannot have the crown. 1944 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death at Door (1945) xiii. 135 They were always at loggerheads, those two. No Cross, No Crown, that's their motto. 1996 L. Andrews Sinister Side vii. 123 He sighed piteously. ‘I suppose I'll have to hang on for it.’ ‘No cross, no crown, Julian.’ He realised he had overplayed the martyr. < as lemmas |
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