
Source: Fiction, The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983), The Urth of the New Sun (1987), Chapter 39, "The Claw of the Conciliator Again" (p. 278)
Je velmi snadné následovat své rodiče, je velmi snadné následovat své učitele, je velmi snadné následovat společnost, je velmi snadné být poslušný... být vzpurný, být samostatný, je velmi obtížné. Ale růst přichází těžkou cestou.
Source: Fiction, The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983), The Urth of the New Sun (1987), Chapter 39, "The Claw of the Conciliator Again" (p. 278)
“There are no easy choices. The way ahead will be very hard.”
"General Petraeus’s Opening Statement" (23 January 2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/world/middleeast/24petraeustextcnd.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
Context: There are no easy choices. The way ahead will be very hard. Progress will require determination and difficult U. S. and Iraqi actions, especially the latter, as ultimately the outcome will be determined by the Iraqis. But hard is not hopeless, and if confirmed, I pledge to do my utmost to lead our wonderful men and women in uniform and those of our coalition partners in Iraq as we endeavor to help the Iraqis make the most of the opportunity our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines have given to them.
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”
Source: Heliogabalus
“Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 56
“It is very easy to love alone.”
19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967