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Topic·Little things make a big difference✕clear
Little things make a big difference7 quotes
A great flame follows a little spark. — Dante Alighieri · 1321If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big. — Hesiod · 700 BCOne leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner. — John Bunyan · 1678For want of Nail the Shoe is lost; For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost; For want of a Horse the Rider is lost. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. — George Herbert · 1633The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle · 350 BCAll 7 quotes →
Butterfly effect3 quotes
For want of Nail the Shoe is lost; For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost; For want of a Horse the Rider is lost. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle · 350 BCBeware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745
Actions have consequences1 quote
Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745
Sin1 quote
One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner. — John Bunyan · 1678
Snowball effect1 quote
If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big. — Hesiod · 700 BC