"Pray, for what do we move ever but to get rid of our furniture, our exuviæ; at last to go from this world to another newly furnished, and leave this to be burned?"
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"A man may travel fast enough and earn his living on the road."
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"A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince."
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"It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity, his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor, and the restfulness of his company--for he did all the talking."
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"To my mind that literature is best and most enduring which is characterized by a noble simplicity."
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"God made man simple, but how he changed and got complicated is hard to say."
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"Truth defies simplicity."
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"Stupid truth, always resisting simplicity"
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"The machinery of the world is far too complex for the simplicity of men."
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"Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much."
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"Truth resists simplicity."
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"Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in any wise spare him, but although the whole world should set itself against us, yet must we maintain the case with invincible constancy, without bending for any creature."
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"Perhaps it is not without reason that we attribute facility in belief and conviction to simplicity and ignorance; for it seems to me I once learned that belief was sort of an impression made on our mind, and that the softer it is the less resistant t."
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"He lacks much who has no aptitude for idleness."
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