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The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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If anyone else asked that question, O He Who Is Terrible and Great, I would have said they were an ignorant fool; in you it is a sign of the disarming simplicity which is the fount of all virtue. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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One should use common words to say uncommon things ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are. ↗

— David Levithan

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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness. ↗

— Bill Bryson

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