Dictionary definition: LITTLE things please little minds

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.
Little things affect little minds. Lord Marney‥was kept at the station which ...

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