“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
“Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.”
Source: An Ideal Husband
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900
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