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Simplicity Quotes


These are some of the best 'Simplicity' quotations and sayings.


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A childlike mind, in its simplicity, practices that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

Affected simplicity is refined imposture.

All animals except man know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Art, it seems to me, should simplify.

At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.

God made man simple, but how he changed and got complicated is hard to say.

Goodness and simplicity are indissolubly united. - The bad are the most sophisticated, all the world over, and the good the least.

He is of a free and open nature that thinks all men honest who but seem to be so, and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.


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