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French writer (1821–1880) 1821–1880Related quotes
“Beginning to do good for others is a small and simple step to improve the world.”
Prevale
(1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Iniziare a fare del bene agli altri è un piccolo e semplice passo per migliorare il mondo.
Source: prevale.net
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
Albert Einstein
(1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
1950s
Context: In matters concerning truth and justice there can be no distinction between big problems and small; for the general principles which determine the conduct of men are indivisible. Whoever is careless with truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.
(1955) as quoted in Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives (1997) ed. , p. 388, from The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem (1979)
“Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
(1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
“If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,
They must in quantity of Matter all agree.”
'The weight of Atomes', in The Atomic Poems of Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, from her Poems, and Fancies, 1653, an electronic edition. Edited with an introduction by Leigh Tillman Partington. http://womenwriters.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/toc.php?id=atomic
“Killing Unbelievers is a small matter to us.”
Al-Tabari
(839–923) influential Persian scholar, historian and exegete of the Qur'an
Source: Tabari 9:69
