There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

朴素中有一种庄严,这远远超过了机智的奇异之处。

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Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

宏伟与美丽是如此的对立,以至于你常常在增加美与减少美的同时,也在减少美。多样性与后者最为相似,简单性与前者最为相似。

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

只有美德在死亡中才有威严。

God always takes the simplest way.

上帝总是用最简单的方法。