Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[Lurker]

There's been so much talk of hard quotes, and people's lists, maybe we can share some of ours.

Here's a starter set.

Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.

Robert Orden: Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Dorothy Parker: They sicken of the calm that know the storm.

Unattributed: I am a Marxist...of the Groucho tendency.

Gilbert Chesterton: All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Ernest Dimnet: All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

John Ruskin: Life without industry is guilt. Industry without art is brutality.

[nyrhtak]

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces. - Samuel Johnson

[kat]

Unattributed:

"Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments."

[Lurker]

"Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss" - Alexander Pope

[Lily H]

Artemis Ward: Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

[pootie49]

Ben Franklin

Clearly spoken Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.

Avg solve time: 371 secs, solve rate: 10.8 %

[gryhnd51]

Hedges between keep friendships green. Proverb

Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. Proverb

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. Proverb

Weeping bride, laughting wife; laughing bride, weeping wife. Proverb

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. Proverb

Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. CHinese proverb

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. Chinese Proverb

[montyb]

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." Just as true today as his five elements of nature; earth, air, fire, water, and quintessence.

[contrary]

"At high tide fish eat ants; at low tide ants eat fish. " - Thai Proverb

[w9wwj]

Originally Posted by Lurker

There's been so much talk of hard quotes, and people's lists, maybe we can share some of ours.

Here's a starter set.

Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.

Robert Orden: Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.

Dorothy Parker: They sicken of the calm that know the storm.

Unattributed: I am a Marxist...of the Groucho tendency.

Gilbert Chesterton: All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Ernest Dimnet: All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

John Ruskin: Life without industry is guilt. Industry without art is brutality.

where is the fun, the challenge? I enjoy a puzzel that is an "Obnoxiously difficult quote" At 62 I like to think I can still reason them out; I may not
be a speed demon like some but in time I get them done