Comments on: Life is not meant to be easy http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/ Trevor Hampel's Blog about Writing, Literature and Teaching Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-104961 Trevor Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:57:17 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-104961 Thanks for the comment George, though I am quite perplexed by your claim. I can find no reference to back up what you are saying. The quote comes directly from Shaw's play "Back to Methuselah". Every quote I have discovered - and I've checked dozens of them - attributes this saying to Shaw. Can you give me an authoritative reference to Goldsmith? If so, I'll make a correction and attribution in the the body of my article. I want it to be accurate because this article of mine comes up first on any Google search. Thanks for the comment George, though I am quite perplexed by your claim. I can find no reference to back up what you are saying. The quote comes directly from Shaw’s play “Back to Methuselah”.

Every quote I have discovered – and I’ve checked dozens of them – attributes this saying to Shaw. Can you give me an authoritative reference to Goldsmith?

If so, I’ll make a correction and attribution in the the body of my article. I want it to be accurate because this article of mine comes up first on any Google search.

]]> By: George http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-104944 George Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:43:30 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-104944 "Life wasnt meant to be easy" was not originally penned by Shaw, but by another, earlier, Irish playwright, Oliver Goldsmith. Shaw had the good grace to attribute the phrase to him. “Life wasnt meant to be easy” was not originally penned by Shaw, but by another, earlier, Irish playwright, Oliver Goldsmith. Shaw had the good grace to attribute the phrase to him.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-29642 Trevor Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:09:17 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-29642 Definitely Fraser - see http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/01/1093938983711.html Definitely Fraser – see
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/01/1093938983711.html

]]> By: John http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-29633 John Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:41:01 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-29633 Are you sure that it was Fraser who said it? I could have sworn it was The Ozzie Lizard: Paul Keating! Are you sure that it was Fraser who said it? I could have sworn it was The Ozzie Lizard: Paul Keating!

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-10486 Trevor Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:32:28 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-10486 Hi there Daryll. Welcome to my blog and thanks for the comments. Hi there Daryll. Welcome to my blog and thanks for the comments.

]]> By: Daryll http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-10169 Daryll Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:59:58 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-10169 Thanks guys for this little gem. It is important to get quotes correct. This quote, like many made from the Bible, when we hear only a part of it, give an incorrect understanding to the original author's intended meaning. Thanks guys for this little gem. It is important to get quotes correct. This quote, like many made from the Bible, when we hear only a part of it, give an incorrect understanding to the original author’s intended meaning.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1669 Trevor Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:13:35 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-1669 You are correct Hector. I'm not sure how that error crept into what I wrote, but I've made a correction to the post. Thanks for pointing it out. You are correct Hector. I’m not sure how that error crept into what I wrote, but I’ve made a correction to the post. Thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: Hector Blamey http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 Hector Blamey Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:34:13 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-1653 Actually George Bernard Shaw was Irish, and the play was "Back to Methuselah, 1921" Actually George Bernard Shaw was Irish, and the play was “Back to Methuselah, 1921″

]]> By: Don’t Look For the Easy Life http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Don’t Look For the Easy Life Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:00:03 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/life-is-not-meant-to-be-easy/#comment-366 [...] Trevor Hampel posted today about his search to find the source of the quote “Life isn’t meant to be easy“. As so often happens, reading this post and the full quote got me thinking - a thoroughly dangerous activity, I know. [...] [...] Trevor Hampel posted today about his search to find the source of the quote “Life isn’t meant to be easy“. As so often happens, reading this post and the full quote got me thinking – a thoroughly dangerous activity, I know. [...]

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