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Dictionary definition: LITTLE things please little minds
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LITTLE things please little minds
Cf. Ovid
Ars Amatoria
i
. 159
parva leves capiunt animos
, small things enthral light minds.
1576 G. Pettie
Petit Palace
139
A litle thyng pleaseth a foole.
1584 Lyly
Sappho & Phao
ii
. iv.
Litle things catch light mindes.
1845 Disraeli
Sybil
II. ii.
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