Little strokes fell great oaks

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Limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats. This proverb is found in Poor Richard's Almanack, by Benjamin Franklin.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

But Babylon asks us to do a little more: It wants us to empathize.
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Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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Unfortunately, this is more about protecting the legacy of a ‘great man.’
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Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various