Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.
The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.
One finds little ingratitude so long as one is in a position to grant favors.
He who begins too much accomplishes little.
Marry for money, my little sonny, a rich man's joke is always funny.
It is little use to dig a well after the house has caught fire.
We learn little from victory, but a great deal from defeat.
If a man leaves little children behind him, it is as if he did not die.
If the Devil were dead, folk would do little for God's sake.
A woman's advice is of little value, but he who does not take it is a fool.
To give too much when little is asked is a form of refusal.
No matter if you eat a little or a lot of garlic, the smell is just as strong.
He that is uneasy at every little pain is never without some ache.
What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting.
There is little use building a fence around the garden to keep out the rabbits.
That’s pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap. Self-medicating. Redirecting our attention. Jacking off. Denial.
The fact that ‘attention seeking’ is still considered a slur says much about the role of women in public life, on every scale.
Will has always been the brighter burning star, the one to catch attention — but Jem is a steady flame, unwavering and honest. He could make you happy.
Pain is a symphony - a complex response that includes not just a distinct sensation but also motor activity, a change in emotion, a focusing of attention, a brand-new memory.
I am beginning to understand the way in which memories hold us, mindfully, to the earth, by the quality of attention paid that they require to be made at all.
The Captain, so close as he was, didn’t warrant their attention. Even a fly on a horse’s hindquarters gets a tail whip. And that is the thick of it. We are less than flies to these foul foes.
