Famous quotes containing the words central and/or simple:
“The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)
“a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow,”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)