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Littles Quotes - Page 170

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Samuel Smiles (1859). “Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct”, p.319

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.

Samuel Johnson (1787). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In Eleven Volumes ...”, p.55

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

Letter to Lord Chesterfield, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 261 (7 February 1755)

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.88, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.

Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4161, Delphi Classics

I keep my clocks a little fast / so time won't take me by surprise.

Ruth Whitman (1990). “Laughing Gas: Poems, New and Selected, 1963-1990”, p.26, Wayne State University Press

There's a little triangle - five left-footed players.

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

If you can't write your own material, you have very little chance of making it as a comedian.

Rodney Dangerfield (2009). “It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs”, p.31, Zondervan

You want to know a little about a lot.

"Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!". Book by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Lechter, April 1, 2000.