Difficult

Famous quotes containing the word difficult:

    Elsa Bannister: The Chinese say “It is difficult for love to last long; therefore one who loves passionately is cured of love, in the end.”
    Michael O’Hara: That’s a hard way of thinking.
    Elsa: There’s more to the proverb: “Human nature is eternal; therefore one who follows his nature keeps his original nature, in the end.”
    Orson Welles (1915–1985)

    There is an ancient saying, which is a true one—”To fight against two opponents is a difficult thing.”
    Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
    Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)