Different Seasons (1982), Apt Pupil
“Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is easy. True christianity…that's rebellion.”
“There’s more to life than drugs and sex.”
The Cornelius Quartet, The Condition of Muzak (1977)
Variant: There’s more than life to drugs and sex. It’s better than nothing.
Source: Harlequin Invisible: or, the Emperor of China’s Court (p. 761)
“An uneasy rhythm of life
is more life like than an easy death.”
<span class="plainlinks"> Khorampa https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/khorampa/</span>
From Poetry
“Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.”
Source: Slam!
“if the sex was too easy to get,
it was not that great.”
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“Wildflower corners are easy to maintain, but once gone, they are hard to rebuild.”
"Wildflower Corners" [1939]; Published in For the Health of the Land, J. Baird Callicott and Eric T. Freyfogle (eds.), 1999, p. 123.
1930s
“The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.”
January 1886, in a campaign speech given in New York https://www.history.com/news/teddy-roosevelt-race-imperialism-national-parks
1880s
