Arduous (AR dyoo us)-difficult; painstaking
Examples:


Mountain climbing is a very arduous task.
She found being on the witness stand quite arduous and was glad when it was over.

Quote:
'Tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems
William Shakespeare

to me this qoute means that though it may be very arduous to keep your enemy close to you but you need to you may think less of you emeny and knock he or she down but you need to weigh them out as though they are your equal they could be far more capable of what you think.