„There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in England, and vice versa.“

— George Orwell

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„There is a geographical element in all belief-saying what seem profound truths in India have a way of seeming enormous platitudes in England, and vice versa. Perhaps the fundamental difference is that beneath a tropical sun individuality seems less distinct and the loss of it less important.“
— George Orwell
„Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at, but truth is something else again.“
— Hunter S. Thompson
„Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way.“
— Charles Bukowski