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Simplicity - Conclusion - (Found June 29, 2008 )

I THINK I have indicated sufficiently the spirit and the manifestations of the simple life to give a glimpse of the fact that there is in it a whole forgotten world of strength and beauty.
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The Spirit Of Simplicity - (Found June 29, 2008 )

BEFORE being able to show in what consists in practice the return to the simplicity to which we aspire, it is necessary to define simplicity in its very spirit and essence.
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Simple Thought - (Found June 29, 2008 )

One other habit in urgent need of correction, ordinarily attendant on this fictitious life, is the mania for examining oneself and for analyzing oneself at all times.
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The Simple Word - (Found June 29, 2008 )

SPEECH is the great organ which reveals the mind, the first visible form that it gives itself. As is the thought so is the speech. To reform one's life in the sense of simplicity one must watch over word and pen.
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The Simple Duty - (Found June 29, 2008 )

The first subterfuge is to demand of oneself if there is one general duty, or if that word does not cover one of the numerous illusions of our ancestors.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/simple-life-5.shtml

The Simple Needs - (Found June 29, 2008 )

To sum up in the same way the essential needs of the greater part of beings a few summary indications will suffice.
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The Simple Pleasures - (Found June 29, 2008 )

To amuse oneself with a free heart one must fed himself on a solid base; he must believe in life and possess it in himself. Many men, alas! even among the young ones, are today disgruntled with life, and I do not speak of the philosophers only.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/simple-life-7.shtml

The Mercenary Spirit And Simplicity - (Found June 29, 2008 )

I do not see any means of getting along without money. All that certain theorists and legislators have been able to do up to this day, they who accuse it of all our evils, has been to change the name or form.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/simple-life-8.shtml

Notoriety And The Good Uknown - (Found June 29, 2008 )

ONE of the principal puerilities of the times is the love of publicity. To make themselves known, and to come forth from obscuritysome are so devoured by this desire that they may justly be said to be attacked by the itch for notoriety.
http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/simple-life-9.shtml

Chapter 1 - Play Going - (Found June 29, 2008 )

WHEN I was a boy a constant visitor at my father's house was Gustave Garcia, son of Manuel Garcia the centenarian teacher of singing, grandson of the great Garcia.
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