#simple

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#another #desires #find #men #moment

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#adverse #adverse conditions #against #aggression #conditions

You don't have to know anything about music to understand what I write. Mine are simple melodies. ↗

— Harry Warren

#anything #i #i write #know #melodies

When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way too many notes and words. But that's just what I do. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#favorite #going #i #i do #just

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#conversation #four #i #i do #improved

Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#complicated #educators #make #simple #something

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right. ↗

— Theresa May

#completed #criminal #criminal justice #criminal justice system #dealing

Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up. ↗

— Christopher McCandless

#beauty #come #days #decided #easy

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#count #difference #does #every #everyone