Quote#Happiness
Let us be content to do little, if God sets us at little tasks. It is…
Quote byCharles Kingsley · 1819–1875
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 388..
English (original)
Let us be content to do little, if God sets us at little tasks. It is but pride and self-will which says, "Give me something huge to fight, — and I should enjoy that — but why make me sweep the dust?"
— Charles Kingsley
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