“It is easier to be generous than to be just.”
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945) writer, actress; Romanian princess
Haven (1951)
[199809041612.JAA05556@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998
“It is easier to be generous than to be just.”
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945) writer, actress; Romanian princess
Haven (1951)
“Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it.”
Nikki Sixx (1958) American musician
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“Biology is usually a lot more fun than physics. It's a lot easier to understand, and there's sex.”
Alexander Rosenberg (1946) American philosopher
The Atheist's Guide to Reality (2011)
“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
“It's a lot easier to be crazy or mad than to just get on with living.”
Jaclyn Moriarty (1968) Australian writer
Source: The Year of Secret Assignments
“It is easier to know man in general than to know one man.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il est plus aisé de connaître l'homme en général que de connaître un homme en particulier.
Variant translation: It is much easier to know men generally, than to know a particular man.
Maxim 436.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Letting the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)
Julius Caesar (-100–-44 BC) Roman politician and general
Disputed
Original: (la) Qui se ultro morti offerant facilius reperiuntur quam qui dolorem patienter ferant.
Quoted in many works without citation