Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.
Richard Hooker (1554-1600) English theologian
(Attributed)
Quoted in Samuel Johnson, preface to A Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
Quotations by:
Hooker, Richard
I pray that none will be offended if I seek to make the Christian religion an inn where all are received joyously, rather than a cottage where some few friends of the family are to be received.
Richard Hooker (1554-1600) English theologian
(Attributed)
Unverified in Hooker's writings. Only appeared recently.