“A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.”

—  G. K. Chesterton

Though sometimes misattributed to Chesterton, this is generally attributed to Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, with the first publication of this yet located is in a section of proverbs called "Diamond Dust" in Eliza Cook's Journal, No. 98 (15 March 1851), with the first attribution to Chesterfield as yet located in: Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1862) edited by Henry Southgate.
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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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