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Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated. – Confucius

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

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Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down. – Chinese Proverb

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Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion. – The Talmud

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