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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
Victor Hugo
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
William Cobbett
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
Pope John XXIII
I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation.
Pieter Zeeman
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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.
Victor Hugo 
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It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
William Cobbett
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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
Pope John XXIII
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I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation.
Pieter Zeeman
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Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.
Jan Morris
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For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.
Meir Kahane
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