Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively ob — John White
Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively ob — John White
Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively ob — John White
Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively ob — John White
Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively ob — John White
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Simplicity may be simple, but like complexity it requires linguistic precision, and may therefore call for relatively obscure expressions at times.

— John White
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