Simple Idea

Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or idea:

“The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep who can.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life, and is remedied by exercise and motion.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)