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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 it.

by Marty Coleman | Mar 9, 2009 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Simplicity - 2009-2014 | 0 comments

“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 it.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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