#difficult

It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#believe #brought #cases #common #commonly

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs. ↗

— Jane Alexander

#art #day #difficult #fund #made

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#arab countries #because #beliefs #circumstances #closely

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. ↗

— Erich Auerbach

#difficult #forced #historians #history #make

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

#courage #despair #difficulties #easy #lose

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#dealt #difficulties #every #moment #must

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges. ↗

— Bob Barr

#argue #challenges #difficult #impossible #intelligence

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. ↗

— Thomas Beecham

#ear #facility #great #great music #leaves

It's a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips. ↗

— Troian Bellisario

#difficult #difficult thing #fingertips #given #good

It is very difficult to know what may be in the back of the mind of public figures. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#difficult #figures #know #may #mind