"The oldest, shortest words— "yes" and "no"— are those which require the most thought."
— Pythagoras

January 1, 1970

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Quoted in Grist: The National Conference on State Parks magazine, 1965 link but not found earlier. Appears to be a misconstrual of a story in Ausonius: