Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[Descifrador]

"A fair day's wages for a fair day's work."

Attributed to Thomas Carlyle.

[Eureka]

"After victory, tighten your helmet chord." - Japanese Proverb

I couldn't figure this one out, so Lily H kindly came to my rescue.

[Queethebean]

William Blake — 'Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.'

I actually had "joys" and "sorrows" filled in, but couldn't get the rest. I gave up, but looked it up later. Maybe if I get it again, I will be able to complete it! Sheesh, that was brutal.

[montyb]

Good ol' Unattributed!

"Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. "
— Unattributed

[Eureka]

"Virtue craves a steep and thorny path. "

— Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

There goes my average!

[Deanna48]

Eureka...I remember getting that one...definitely a booger!!!

[Eureka]

Got into some folly here, but it wasn't brief.


"Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom."

— Horace

[gavinl]

I had one last month from the movie Finding Forrester. Spoiled my 100%. Couldn't get it but if anyone recalls it I'd love to know what it was.

[Eureka]

I had one last month from the movie Finding Forrester. Spoiled my 100%. Couldn't get it but if anyone recalls it I'd love to know what it was.

I remember getting that one awhile ago, but can't remember the quote now. If I get it again, I'll post it here.

[oddcouple]

The only Finding Forrester quote I can remember is this: "Writers write things to give readers something to read". I liked that one.

[Eureka]

The only Finding Forrester quote I can remember is this: "Writers write things to give readers something to read". I liked that one.

I believe that's the one I had. Thanks, oddcouple.

[gavinl]

Thanks, but that wasn't it. I recall it had a hyphenated word.

[Eureka]

"The lunatic fringe wags the underdog." H.L. Mencken (for those people, including me, who don't keep lists)

[lacrossesticks]

"I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them." - Edward Koch

It doesn't seem very hard at first glance, but by the time you get to "I'm not the type to get ___e_s. I give them.", it's really hard to progress.

ABCDFJKLQRUWXZ remain on the table.

[Fudi]

"Once Ptolemy and Plato, yesterday Newton, today Einstein, and tomorrow new faiths, new beliefs, and new dimensions."
— Albert Claude

Oy.