Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to mea

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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There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text. – Patrick J. Buchanan

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To those who complain of the complexity of modern life, he [Henry David Thoreau] might reply, “If you want inner peace find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.” – Stewart Udall, The Quiet Crisis, 1963

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

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I’m just a simple guy, I live from day to day. A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away. – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Bonham, “Out On The Tiles” (Led Zeppelin)

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