Things People Said: First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?

First principles, Clarice. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature?

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.

-- Ernest Hemingway

[ 30 September 2005 8:21 pm submitted by Unknown ]

Complicated way of saying "Simple things are the most important" ! :-): This comment was left by Anonymous at 12:31 am.
...the simplest things are the most important, but very difficult to recognize and to learn....simplicity is not simplistic :): This comment was left by Anonymous at 9:00 am.
hey dude didn't hulk hogan say that first. Hulk Hogan rocks man: This comment was left by Anonymous at 9:35 am.

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