"No pain, no gain." "You can't get something for nothing." "No Easters without Good Fridays." "90% of inspiration is perspiration." "Let go and let God." Etc.
Tiresome bromides?
Remember George Orwell's admonition: "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious . . . To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant s…
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