There is such a bias against people who have led successful andor complicated lives. You know, the divestment of assets, the stripping of all kinds of positions, the sale of stocks. It just becomes very onerous and unnecessary.
Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick.
Being an editor it's a complicated job, but the last impression I'd want anybody to have is that it's onerous. It's a joy - a complicated joy, but a joy.
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden.
My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.
It is preferable to incur a mild punishment than to perform an onerous task.
The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
