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Oliver Wendell Holmes: on simplicity

August 5, 2006December 26, 2022 ~ Tim

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, quoted in GTD, 141

Posted in Commonplace, Quotes on spiritual life Commonplace

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