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The superior man cannot be known in…

17 May , 2024  

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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Author Unknown, (apocryphal)

The tipping custom originated in En…

2 Sep , 2020  

The tipping custom originated in England when small sums were dropped into a box marked T.I.P.S. –TO INSURE PROMPT SERVICE. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown, (apocryphal) ,

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Arthur Powell Davies

The world is now too small for anyt…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood. Great short quote and quotation by: Arthur Powell Davies ,

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William Sloane Coffin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sloane_Coffin

The world is too dangerous for anyt…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. Great short quote and quotation by: William Sloane Coffin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sloane_Coffin ,

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G. K. Chesterton, "Heretics", 1905

There are no wise few. Every aristo…

3 May , 2016  

There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton, “Heretics”, 1905 , English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

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Walt Kelly

There is no need to sally forth, fo…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he […]

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John Davy

There is not a flower or bird in si…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is not a flower or bird in sight, only a small screen on which lines are moving, while the child sits almost motionless, pushing at the keyboard with one finger. As a learning environment, it may be mentally rich, but it is perceptually extremely impoverished. No smells or tastes, no wind or bird song […]

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Edmund Wilson

There is nothing more demoralizing …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. Great short quote and quotation by: Edmund Wilson , US critic (1895 – 1972)

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Robert C. Murphy

To be listened to is, generally spe…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to […]

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William Henry Channing

To live content with small means, t…

13 Oct , 2011  

To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, […]

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Archibald Mc Leish

To see the earth as it truly is, sm…

13 Oct , 2011  

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold – brothers who know now they are truly brothers. Great short quote and quotation by: Archibald Mc Leish ,

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G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Tradition means giving votes to the…

13 Oct , 2011  

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy , English author & mystery novelist […]

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