“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Mark Twain book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Every Day
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
Mark Twain book Pudd'nhead Wilson
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
“There are few people who are more often wrong than those who cannot suffer being wrong.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter
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.”
Roger Stone (1952) American lobbyist
As quoted by Matt Labash, "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016) The Weekly Standard.
David Haye (1980) British boxer
“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.”
Lisi Harrison (1970) Canadian writer
Variant: The Clique: The only thing harder then getting in is staying in.
Source: Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee