Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[Eureka]

"Love thy neighbor but keep your fence. "

— Unattributed

Both "thy" and "your" in one sentence. Ouch.

[Eureka]

"Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check?"

— Unattributed

[gavinl]

i got that one yesterday too! It took me about 20 minutes.

[Eureka]

It took me 25 minutes!

[bergeboonp60]

Walter Bagehot

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

[RedEnoch]

Bergeboon, I hope you were commenting on the pleasure of solving "obnoxiously difficult" quotes. Any quote starting with "The great" AND containing BOTH "people" and "cannot" is easy enough to get ME into the green. Most of the time.

MY MA ONLY MY MA.
--Midwestern Proverb

[montyb]

"Sociological critics are waste makers."
— Andy Warhol

I had a difficult time believing Andy Warhol would use the word “sociological”.

[Toeprint]

"Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet."

— Ben Jonson

Apes are apes.jpg

[Eureka]

"Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last. "

— Proverb

[montyb]

"Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. "
— Publilius Syrus

With emphasis on the pain of mind!

[montyb]

"Virtue can only flourish among equals."
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

AAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[montyb]

"Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. "
— Benjamin Franklin

[hrossa]

"Jealousy is love's bed of burning snarl."
--George Meredith

[montyb]

"Sudden acquaintance brings repentance."
— Thomas Fuller

This one’s a killer!