#simple

I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony. ↗

— Gyorgy Legeti

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Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.' ↗

— Carol Leifer

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A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience. ↗

— Phil Lesh

#experience #round #simple #sing #truly

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation. ↗

— Jared Leto

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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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