"It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest……" — Elbert Hubbard
"It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last."
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- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they… — Teresa of Avila
- Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. — Ansel Adams
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- It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't… — Mary J. Blige
- I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of… — Jo Brand
- Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. — Barbara Bush
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- He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart… — Maya Angelou
- I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind… — Wernher von Braun
- Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell
- Given for one instant an intelligence which could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated and the respective… — Pierre-Simon Laplace