Samuel Johnson quote: There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that ...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

~ Samuel Johnson ~

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