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The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ↗

— George Santayana

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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. ↗

— Alan Perlis

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The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, seek simplicity and distrust it. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity. ↗

— Jil Sander

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As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial. ↗

— Ryan Seacrest

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Simplicity is the glory of expression. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ↗

— Hank Stram

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In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

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