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The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small…

Quote bySamuel Richardson · 1687–1761

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754), Vol. 6, letter 46.

English (original)

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.

— Samuel Richardson

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