All things are difficult before they were easy

Quote by Thomas Fuller

Topics: Difficulty Quotes

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched.

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

God, give me a rich husband though he be an ass

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Better be alone than in bad company.

Better be alone than in bad company.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost.

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what...

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

Accusing the times is but excusing ourselves

All doors open to courtesy.

All doors open to courtesy.

What a day may bring, a day may take away

What a day may bring, a day may take away

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked...

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked...

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.

I don't know why I'm saying I'm brave.