The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Simplicity: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.— EMERSON — Literary Ethics.
Generally nature hangs out a sign of simplicity in the face of a fool.— FULLER — The Holy and Profane States.
Of Natural Fools. Maxim I. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.— GOLDSMITH — Deserted Village. L. 253.
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