
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Every Day
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
“There are few people who are more often wrong than those who cannot suffer being wrong.”
Il n'y a point de gens qui aient plus souvent tort que ceux qui ne peuvent souffrir d'en avoir.
Maxim 386.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Rinkitink of Oz (1916), Ch. 5 : The Three Pearls
Later Oz novels
“The only thing worse in politics than being wrong is being boring, as Dick Nixon would say.”
As quoted by Matt Labash, "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016) The Weekly Standard.
“Did you know that it's a lot harder to put organs back in the body than it is to get them out?”
Source: The Fiery Heart
“David Haye: Going vegan made me stronger than I've ever been,” in Telegraph.co.uk (6 May 2016) https://web.archive.org/web/20180110175026/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/david-haye-going-vegan-made-stronger-than-ive-ever-been/.
“The Clique…. the only thing harder than getting in is saying goodbye.”
Variant: The Clique: The only thing harder then getting in is staying in.
Source: Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee